ZIMBABWE: Media law to be amended

The Zimbabwe government has announced that it will soon take to parliament a Bill to amend the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). The amendments are meant to plug what the government call loopholes in the media law. The Bill will however result in more powers being accorded to the Mass Media Commission and many of the so-called loopholes amount to nothing in offering a reprieve to media houses and journalists.