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MISA Zimbabwe advocates for digital rights MISA Zimbabwe advocates for digital rights
Nthatuoa Koeshe
DIGITAL rights should be treated with the same importance like human rights, Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zimbabwe has said.
This came out at a recent multi-stakeholder meeting on digital literacy convened in Maseru by MISA Zimbabwe.
The Lesotho meeting was the last of a series of others held in Zimbabwe Zambia, Tanzania and Malawi.
MISA Zimbabwe’s legal and ICT policy officer, Nompilo Simanje said the campaign is aimed at promoting digital rights in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.
Ms Simanje said they are also engaging policymakers, civil society organisations, journalists and content creators.
Over his career Michael Richardson helped thousands of people access lifelong learning opportunities
HelenNisbet
Fri 18 Dec 2020 10.02 EST
Last modified on Tue 12 Jan 2021 14.27 EST
My dad, Michael Richardson, a nationally prominent figure in the field of lifelong learning, has died at the age of 81.
Mike began work within the education setting at Alfreton Hall Adult Community Education Centre run by Derby county council. He joined the Open University in 1970 and was based at Newcastle and then Manchester. After 21 years he was appointed pro-vice-chancellor of the OU, and was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1994. Throughout his time at the OU, Mike was hugely humbled by the stories of countless people who sacrificed so much to continue their learning as adults.
A great leap of faith
MASERU-Bosao Kotola was only 26 when she took a great leap of faith into the unknown by investing M1 000 of her sponsorship money that was meant for books in Sekhametsi Investment Consortium.
That was no easy decision for a young woman who had no meaningful savings to talk about.
Her mother, who had also bought into her vision, topped up that amount by a princely sum of M500 to take her initial investment to M1 500.
Kotola says she had always been fascinated by the idea of shares although she had a fleeting knowledge of how the ‘whole thing’ worked.