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After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. 

Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future. 

On the transfer, co-founder Victoria Martin expressed her pleasure to see this work continue under Wits' leadership, knowing that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction. 

As Wits, we honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades and look forward building from that strong base. This includes co-founders Warren Feek (1953-2024) and Victoria Martin as well as La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA), which continues independently at lainiciativadecomunicacion.com with links to The CI Global site. We are also eager to forge new partnerships and entertain new ideas as we consider how best to contribute to social and behaviour change in our rapidly evolving environment.

If you are joining the International Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in Panama, please join Wits and CILA on Monday, 22 June, to share your thoughts and suggestion for the relaunch of the Communication Initiative. We will be in Pacifica 5 from 12-1:25 for the Refuel, Reflect, and Renew Lunch Series: The Communication Initiative: celebrating a driving force for Communication for Social Change and the way forward. We will reflect on the legacy of Warren Feek and family in creating the Communication Initiative, consider the contributions of CI over the years and then turn our attention towards the future in this dynamic session. 

If you are unable to join us in Panama, we still want to hear from you. Please contribute your thoughts by following this link: https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026 or reaching out to ci_surveys@commint.com. 

You can also follow the QR Code:

 https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026

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Guide to Media Law in Zimbabwe, A

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"This is an updated guide to the Zimbabwe's rapidly mutating media laws to assist journalists and other media workers keep up to speed with restrictions and new registration requirements. It is a revised and updated version of the December 2002 "Guide to Zimbabwe Press Law". The new edition also includes a comprehensive overview of Zimbabwe's broadcast and other electronic media law."

The guide covers Zimbabwe law relating to both print and electronic media, and is intended to assist journalists to understand those aspects of Zimbabwe law that have a bearing on their professional work. This includes new media and journalist registration laws and the "unpopular" defamation law, as well as national key point legislation, access to information laws, military and police Acts, and laws governing parliamentary and executive privilege.

Topics include:
  • Access to information by media;
  • Accreditation and discipline of journalists;
  • Constitutional provisions guaranteeing media freedom;
  • Contempt of Parliament; and
  • Criminal offences in Access to Information and Protection
The guide also contains an overview of regulations governing coverage of public meetings, political gatherings, parliament, court proceedings, prisons, police actions, and other potentially contentious events. The revised edition is also meant as a reference work for foreign journalists or media academics interested in the plight of Zimbabwe's embattled media. The guide can be ordered, free of charge.

Click here to download the document in PDF

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