Minister Muswere said while Zimbabwe was making huge strides in deploying ICT infrastructure in line with Vision 2030 and National Development Strategy 1 (NDS-1), the nation needed to pass the Bill into law to guarantee security of cyberspace users. “We need to ensure that whilst we keep sei...
Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Zimbabwe director Tabani Moyo said his organisation made several recommendations to unbundle the Bill which were ignored. He said Misa was concerned because the Bill had a pro-security approach, rather than a human rights one. He said there was a need ...
Minister Muswere said while Zimbabwe was making huge strides in deploying ICT infrastructure in line with Vision 2030 and National Development Strategy 1 (NDS-1), the nation needed to pass the Bill into law to guarantee security of cyberspace users. "We need to ensure that whilst we keep seiz...
I cannot say when the Bill will be brought to Parliament since it is at consultation stage, but we want it to become law as soon as possible to protect Zimbabweans from the hazards of cyber crime.
African regional standards that can be drawn on to inform Zimbabwe’s proposed bill include, the SADC Model Law on Computer Crime and Cybercrime, SADC Model Law on Data Protection, the African Convention on Cybersecurity and Data Protection, and the African Declar...
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The attack proved a watershed moment on social media. On one side were the aggressors, the four Al-Shabaab gunmen inside the mall. Authorities, first responders, and journalists descended on the scene but stood clear, with various security personnel going in. The public was put in a position...
Source:Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill Gazetted –The Zimbabwean Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill Gazetted The long-awaited Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill was gazetted on Friday 15th May as H.B. 18, 2019. The Bill is available for downloading on the Veritas website here...
“In terms of the structure of the Bill, I do not think it is necessary to unbundle the Cyber Security and Data Protection because it is closely related. “Clauses 13, 17 and 23, we will look into Madam Speaker and obviously adjust accordingly. Section 2, we have taken note of it and...
But Misa Zimbabwe advised at the time against passing the Bill in its current form. Moyo argued that the Cybersecurity Bill was taking Zimbabwe back to the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Aippa) era. Aippa had three legs, which encompassed access to information, media re...