WHAT is it they say about laws? That a good law does not target individuals. It is also said that good leaders make laws that benefit those that are not in power and not the other way round, because a time comes when the lawmaker has to face the law. More often, however, our leaders fail to resist the temptation of making laws that curtail the freedoms of a common man. That is how we feel about the intended regulation of podcasting, as revealed by the Ministry of Information and Media through its minister, Cornelius Mweetwa, and Permanent Secretary, Thabo Kawana. Kawana has tried very hard to rationalise why doing this would be beneficial and claims that the Independent Broadcasting...