The BBC has the story. Zimbabwe sees it the other way around, of course:

Zimbabwe’s MPs have passed a law to allow the government to monitor e-mails, telephone calls, the internet and postal communications.

Opposition MP David Coltart called it a “fascist piece of legislation” aimed at cracking down on political dissent.

But Communications Minister Christopher Mushowe defended it, saying it was similar to anti-terror laws elsewhere such as in the UK, US and South Africa.

“These are countries which are regarded as the beacons of democracy,” he said.

Perhaps he meant “were regarded”? Wait, forget the US, who says South Africa and the UK are beacons of democracy?

The bill obliges internet service providers (ISPs) to install equipment, at their own expense, which will allow a monitoring service to intercept e-mails.

Since it is at their own expense, I wonder how the quality of the monitoring will be enforced. What if the system is unable to keep up with the throughput, for example, and starts dropping traffic?