Zim still needs to do more to realise press freedom

The Media Alliance of Zimbabwe (MAZ) takes the occasion of commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration to reassert its demands on the government of Zimbabwe to implement constitutional provisions on media freedom in line with the standards set by the global family of nations. The Windhoek Declaration, a by-product of a United Nations […]

Windhoek @30: Opportunity for regional collective action

By Nigel Nyamutumbu It’s now been 30  years since a landmark conference organised by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) in Windhoek, Namibia to deliberate on the future of the media, then largely dominated by the press. The resolutions of that conference, framed as the Windhoek Declaration, outlined the democratic principles of […]