DEFAMATION

The Constitutional Court in Zimbawe passed a landmark judgment in which it declared that criminal defamation must be struck off the statutes because it was not a justifiable law in a democratic society.MISA Zimbabwe reiterates that criminal defamation and any other laws that criminalise expression are an affront to freedom of expression and media freedom as protected by the new Constitution, and should be immediately struck off the country’s statutes.TO help us take this discussion further we are joined on the line by:……1. AdvSabeloSibandaLawyer in Zimbabwe