State of Broadcasting and Digital Migration in the Region https://zimbabwe.misa.org freedom of information to more inclusive, progressive and democratic policies. There is really no evidence that digital migration will affect the minds of those who run repressive governments except where (and this is a remote possibility) digital migration will force governments that have hitherto cited a crowded spectrum as the reason for repressive policies to change those policies. For that reason, the following recommendations are made: 1. Digital migration should start with dialogue concerning what will happen after digital migration in terms of repressive policies that limit people’s rights of access to information and freedom of information. 2. Citizens’ rights of access to information and freedom of information should be central in discussions concerning broadcasting. 30