ECONET WINS PRIVACY BATTLE

THE High Court ruling handed down by Justice Clement Phiri on September 2, which rescinded a search-and-seizure warrant issued against Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (Econet) gives a glimmer of hope for Zimbabweans to believe in the judicial system’s capacity and willingness to protect citizens’ rights to privacy, observers have said. Justice Phiri declared the search-and-seizure warrant issued by