Writers Association. Although government established the NAC, it appears overwhelmed by its mandate resulting in limited effectiveness. Accordingly, recommendations issued by Farida Shaheed, the UN Special Rapportuer in the Field of Cultural Rights, are applicable in Zimbabwe almost in their entirety. Some of them have been summarised below. 5.2  Recommendations to Government Reform the Censorship Board to be independent from the executive and constitute it with a wide range of stakeholders with expertise on works of art.  The practice of pre-censorship must be abolished from the procedure of administering censorship by the Censorship Board.  When reviewing and amending the Act, it is necessary to state the specific and relevant qualifications of the Censorship Board members in Section 3 of the Censorship Act.  The composition of the Censorship Board in Section 3 of the Censorship Act must be multi-stakeholder including representatives from art organisations.  The Minister must adopt regulations to regulate the Censorship Board when examining materials in terms of the Act. Other aspects to be addressed include the prescribed form for applications for examination of materials, the prescribed time within which the Board must render a decision following the lodging of an application, and generally to regulate the application process.  Aspects of rights to a fair trial and precepts of administrative justice need to be incorporated in the Act to allow decisions of this Board to be challenged.  There is need to amend the Act to provide for financial probity of the Censorship Board, and for public reporting on the work of the Board. This is due to the fact that the Board is underfunded and sometimes ends up relying on the police to enforce certain sections of the Act.  The Censorship Act must be reformed in Section 20 to make provision for appeals against the decisions of the Appeal Board. 82 | P a g e