The use of criminal law to censor art has resulted in self-censorship by many artists. The censorship framework is fraught with serious legal and administrative difficulties. The legal framework is clearly out of sync with both constitutional and international frameworks. In particular the laws lack particularity in terms of aspects of art that offend certain elements of public security, public health, morality and so on, so as to guide artists as they engage in creative works. On the face of it censorship is administered on the basis of objective criteria. Of concern rather is the censorship process. Government is secretive about information regarding the Censorship Board, it appears the institution is poorly funded, incompetently constituted and the Appeal Board is non-functional.89 This results in the police and security agents effectively taking over censorship of works of art with no legal basis to do so, hence they readily resort to criminal laws to justify their involvement. Police censorship is disguised as law enforcement. Consequently, it was argued that the legal framework needs to be reformed and revised to sync with the Constitution as a matter of urgency. Similarly, government adherence to the UNESCO framework leaves a lot to be desired. While art is part of school curriculums at all levels of education in Zimbabwe, the assistance provided to professional artists does not live up to UNESCO framework expectations. Artists do not receive sufficient protection of their works from government. Piracy is rife and openly practised. The institutional support of artists is generally weak. Their rights are championed by organisations established among artists themselves. These include the Coalition against Censorship in Zimbabwe (CACZ); Zimbabwe Theatre Association (ZiTA), Bulawayo Arts Forum (BAF), Visual Artists Association Bulawayo (VAAB); Zimbabwe Music Rights Association; Zimbabwe Union of Musicians; Zimbabwe Applied Arts and Crafts Association; Zimbabwe Women It has already been mentioned that the Board’s composition is so secretive that even journalists are not able to obtain information on the Board. On its part, the website of the Ministry of Home Affairs only contains functions of the Board instead of providing a list of the Board membership as well. 89 81 | P a g e