President Emmerson Mnangagwa State of the Nation Address- 22 October 2020

The Youth Bill will set the parameters to regulate youth development and empowerment promotion; vocational training and skills development, financial inclusion; youth participation and leadership; as well as national service.

The Bill will also provide measures to strengthen the Zimbabwe Youth Council and its sub structures.

The Sport Integrity Bill will also be introduced to eliminate the corrosive and corrupt practices such as competition manipulation, illegal betting, doping as well as riots and violence within the sector.

The harmonisation of laws in the sport and recreation sector will entail various pieces of legislation being presented to the august House.

These include:

• The Sport, Leisure and Recreation Bill, which will repeal the Sports and Recreation Commission Act and the Zimbabwe Boxing and Wrestling Control Board of 1956.
• The enactment of the Freedom of Information Bill into law during the Second Session was a significant milestone in our media reform programme to increase media diversity and pluralism in the country.

These Bills must ensure that our media industry act in the national interest and propel the development of our country. The Third Session of the Ninth Parliament is thus expected to complete the outstanding media Bills which include;

• the Zimbabwe Media Commission Bill;
• Broadcasting Services Amendment Bill; and
• The Protection of Personal Information Bill.

The enactment of the Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill which was introduced in the Second Session of the 9th Parliament of Zimbabwe must be speeded up, more-so given the importance of robust and secure information systems to drive digital services in all sectors of our economy.

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