Image courtesy Ameya Nagarajan Zimbabweans live in an increasingly repressive environment for digital rights, particularly targeting human rights defenders, and lately non-governmental organizations. The law is a major tool for such repression and legislation has been passed to undermine legitimate dissent against unpopular policies and politics. On December 3, 2021, President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed the Data Protection Act (Chapter 11:22) into law. Critics argue that this law infringes on digital rights of citizens and is a ruse for government to legally infiltrate citizens’ online spaces i…