“legal representative” means—
(a) the liquidator of a company;
(b) the representative recognised by law of any person who has died, become insolvent or bankrupt
or assigned his estate, is an infant or a minor, is of unsound mind or is otherwise under a disability;
[Definition substituted by section 2 of Act 5 of 2003]
“local government body” means—
(a) a municipality as defined in the Urban Councils Act [Chapter 29:15];
(b) a council as defined in the Rural District Councils Act [Chapter 29:13];
(c) a catchment council or subcatchment council established in terms of the Water Act [Chapter 20:24];
(d) a board of cemetery trustees established under the Cemeteries Act [Chapter 5:04];
(e) any board , committee, commission, panel, agency or corporation that is created or owned by a
body referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) and all the members or officers of which are appointed
or chosen by or under the authority of that body;
“mass media” means
(a) newspapers, magazines, and other periodically printed publications; and
(b) a broadcasting service as defined in the Broadcasting Services Act [Chapter 12:06], insofar as
such service employs a journalist requiring to be accredited in terms of section 79;
which are intended to be read, seen or heard, as the case may be, by an unlimited number of people;
[Definition substituted by section 2 of Act 20 of 2007]
“mass media owner” means
(a) in the case of a mass media service company, the person who holds a controlling interest in the
company; or
(b) in the case of a mass media service that is not a company, the person who owns or co-owns the
service;
“mass media product” means
(a) a separate issue of a newspaper, magazine or other periodically printed publication; and
(b) a programme broadcast by a broadcasting service as defined in the Broadcasting Services Act
[Chapter 12:06];
[Definition substituted by section 2 of Act 20 of 2007]
“mass media service” means any service that produces mass media products, whether or not it also disseminates them;
[Definition inserted by section 2 of Act 5 of 2003]
“mass media trainer” means a person who teaches or qualifies to teach journalism or mass media studies at a
tertiary educational institution;
[Definition substituted by section 2 of Act 20 of 2007]
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for information and publicity or any other Minister to whom the
President may, from time to time, assign the administration of this Act;
“National Archives” means the National Archives of Zimbabwe established in terms of the National Archives of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 25:06];
“national event” means any event or occasion described as a such by the Minister by notice published in the
Gazette or by advertisement in any mass media;
[Definition inserted by section 2 of Act 20 of 2007]
“news agency” means an organisation that collects and prepares news reports for sale and distribution to the
mass media or mass media services;
[Definition inserted by section 2 of Act 20 of 2007]
“periodically printed publication” means a regular newspaper, magazine or journal, bulletin or any other publication with a constant name;
[Definition inserted by section 2 of Act 5 of 2003]
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable person, and includes—
(a) the person's name, address or telephone number;
(b) the person's race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religious or political beliefs or associations;
(c) the person's age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status or family status;
(d) an identifying number, symbol or other particulars assigned to that person;
(e) fingerprints, blood type or inheritable characteristics;
(f) information about a person’s health care history, including a physical or mental disability;
(g) information about educational, financial, criminal or employment history;
(h) anyone else’s opinions about the individual; and
(i) the individual’s personal views or opinions, except if they are about someone else;