MISA-Zimbabwe statement on Zimbabwe Media Commission appointments

MISA-Zimbabwe cautiously welcomes the final appointment by the President of commissioners that will serve on the statutory Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC).

The appointments come at a time of high expectations for a free, diverse and pluralistic media environment as envisaged under Article 19 of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) signed by the three major political parties that constitute the inclusive government.

 While MISA-Zimbabwe sees the development as a potential vehicle to democratise the media, long shackled by political controls, we strongly believe that only a self-regulating media authority working within a democratic media framework compatible with international instruments on freedom of expression, is the only obligatory route to achieving a genuinely free and diverse media environment. 

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