CHAPTER One Foundation Executive Director Josiah Kalala says government’s statement that it has no intention of gagging the media but will gag liars if need be raises significant concerns about press freedom and the potential for state overreach. On Tuesday, Information and Media Minister Cornelius Mweetwa said government has no intention of gagging the media but will gag liars if need be. “Let me place on record therefore that I am not retracting the statement I made that with this kind of misconduct by a few media houses like the Mast newspaper, we as government are left with no choice but leave the door open for media practitioners to decide whether they want self-regulation or they want statutory regulation. I...