Here’s where this week’s public consultations on the Cyber Security Bill are being held

The parliament recently issued a notice to the effect that the next public consultations and hearings on the Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill are being held.

The hearings will be held between 6-10 July, virtually and physically (venues below) by 3 parliament teams.

The teams will cover various places in Zimbabwe as follows:

TEAM 1

Date	Place	Venue	Time ofHearing
Monday, 6 July 2020	BulawayoBulawayo	Luveve Beit  HallPumula South Hall	0900 hrs1400 hrs
Tuesday, 7 July 2020	Gwanda	Gwanda Municipality Main Park	0930 hrs
Wednesday, 8 July 2020	Nyamandlovu	Nyamandlovu Farmers Hall	0930 hrs
Thursday, 9 July 2020	Kwekwe	Mbizo Youth Centre	1000 hrs

TEAM 2

Date	Place	Venue	Time of Hearing
Monday, 6 July 2020	ChegutuChinhoyi	Chegutu Welfare CentreCooksey Hall	0830 hrs1400 hrs
Tuesday, 7 July 2020	Bindura	Chipadze Hall	0900 hrs
Wednesday, 8 July 2020	Highfields	Mushandirapamwe Hotel	0830 hrs
Thursday, 9 July 2020	Zengeza	St. Mary’s Hall	0830 hrs
Friday, 10 July 2020	Norton	Pakare Paye Arts Centre	0900 hrs

TEAM 3

Date	Place	Venue	Time of Hearing
Monday, 6 July 2020	Masvingo	Mucheke Hall	0830 hrs
Tuesday, 7 July 2020	Birchenough	Downhill Lodge	1000 hrs
Wednesday, 8 July 2020	Mutare	Queens Hall	0830 hrs
Thursday, 9 July 2020	Marondera	Mbuya Nehanda Hall	0930 hrs
Friday, 10 July 2020	Harare	National Assembly	0900 hrs

VIRTUAL MEETING
Date	Venue	Time
Friday, 10 July	ZOOM	1400 – 1600 hrs

All those interested in participating in the zoom meeting should submit their email addresses to nyawol@parlzim.gov.zw.

All those interested in participating in the zoom meeting should submit their email addresses to nyawol@parlzim.gov.zw.

ALL THOSE WHO WILL BE PUTTING ON MILITARY UNIFORMS, SIGNS OF RANKS, FLAGS OR BADGES AND POLITICAL PARTY REGALIA WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.

The Public Hearings will at all times comply with the Ministry of Health and Child Care COVID 19 Regulations as outlined in Statutory Instruments 99 and 110 regarding observing social distancing, sanitization, temperature screening and wearing of facial masks.

• a) Only 50 participants will be allowed at any one time;
• Where more than 50 participants want to attend they will only be allowed in groups that comply with the requirements;
• Hand sanitization and temperature screening will be done at all venues;
• All participants must be wearing facial masks;
• Appropriate social distancing will be observed.

Also read, Download: Zimbabwe’s Cyber Security And Data Protection Bill