Download - Media Institute of Southern Africa

More documents

Recommendations

Info

State of the media in Southern Africa 2002 that newspaper. The Nation, although unbanned, is still reeling from the impact of the ban. Swaziland still has neither a Constitution nor a Bill of Rights. It is a monarchy ruled by royal decree. The Royal Proclamation of 1973 by the late Kind Sobhuza II annulled the 1968 Constitution. The decree effectively outlaws party politics and annulled the Bill of Rights continued in the 1968 Constitution, including the right to freedom of expression. A Constitutional Review Commission was appointed in 1997 to look into the drafting of a new Constitution, but progress is hampered by the lack of political will on the part of the authorities and civil society is largely excluded from the process. The introduction of a Constitution with a Bill of Rights will no doubt form a solid basis for an improved human rights situation in Swaziland. Namibia and Botswana The governments of Namibia and Botswana expressed their intolerance for the independent media in a slightly different form - through economic sanctions. Both governments slapped newspapers in their respective countries with farreaching advertising bans. The Namibian government went a step further by issuing a ban on the purchase of that newspaper by government institutions. Although Botswana’s Guardian and Midweek Sun were successful in overturning the ban, it is still in place in Namibia and with little hope of review. On a regional level MISA welcomed the August 14, 2001, signing of the SADC Protocol on Culture, Information and Sport and commended Governments in the region for initiating the process of harmonising legislation affecting information and media. However, given the propensity of a large number of SADC member States to violate freedom of expression and freedom of the media on the flimsiest of pretexts, MISA has expressed its concerns with relations to a number of aspects of the Protocol. In essence, MISA is of the opinion that the Protocol is not conducive to the promotion, protection and enforcement of freedom of expression, freedom of the media and the free flow of information in Southern Africa. The Protocol, among others: 2002 • fails to define and elaborate on the nature, content and limits of freedom of expression and freedom of the media; • fails to provide for a Special Rapporteur responsible for monitoring compliance by States; • does not expressly provide for the participation of civil society and special- 278 So This Is Democracy?
State of the media in Southern Africa 2002 ised NGOs in the law-making process for implementing the standards that it sets, as is the case under United Nations and other regional treaties; • fails to place strict limitations on the power of individual states to restrict freedom of expression and freedom of the media; • does not make explicit provision for the right of individuals to have access to information held by States or protection of journalistic sources. NEW FEATURES IN THE BOOK: The 253-page publication is in book form and boasts a number of new features, including: • Country overviews written by independent authors from each country; • Translations into Portuguese of all Country Overviews; • An appraisal of the state of the media in the region by Tee Ngugi, a lecturer and political and cultural analyst based in Windhoek, Namibia - an independent commentator from outside the MISA establishment; • A list of MISA’s previous annual Press Freedom Award winners; • Graphics showing breakdowns of the 2001 alerts as well as the increase in alerts from 1994 to 2001; • Contact details of MISA’s national chapters for the reporting of press freedom violations; • Information on how to classify and report media freedom violations; • Information about MISA and its regional programmes. MISA thanks all its national chapters in the 11 SADC countries for the contributions they made in the reporting of press freedom violations in their countries to the MISA Regional Secretariat in Windhoek. These violations form the basis of many regional and international campaigns to draw attention to press freedom abuses in various countries and to provide protection for media practitioners who are under threat. COPIES OF THE BOOK CAN BE ORDERED FROM: Sarah Shivute, MISA Information Unit, Windhoek, Namibia, Tel. +264 61 232975, Fax. 248016, e- mail: sarah@misa.org.na, web: http://www.misa.org Luckson Chipare Regional Director, Media Institute of Southern Africa Press Statement May 6, 2002 TOPIC: MISA John Manyarara Investigative Journalism Award Mr. Conrad Nyamutata, former Chief Reporter of the Daily News in Zimbabwe, became the second recipient of the MISA John Manyarara Investigative Journalism Award, when he was named the winner on May 3, 2002 - World So This Is Democracy? 279
Page 1 and 2:
So This Is Democracy? Report on the
Page 3 and 4:
State of the media in Southern Afri
Page 5 and 6:
Page 7 and 8:
Page 9 and 10:
Page 11 and 12:
REGIONAL OVERVIEW State of the medi
Page 13 and 14:
Page 15 and 16:
Page 17 and 18:
Page 19 and 20:
Page 21 and 22:
Page 23 and 24:
Page 25 and 26:
ANGOLA State of the media in Southe
Page 27 and 28:
Page 29 and 30:
Page 31 and 32:
Page 33 and 34:
Page 35 and 36:
BOTSWANA State of the media in Sout
Page 37 and 38:
Page 39 and 40:
Page 41 and 42:
Page 43 and 44:
Page 45 and 46:
LESOTHO State of the media in South
Page 47 and 48:
Page 49 and 50:
Page 51 and 52:
Page 53 and 54:
Page 55 and 56:
MALAWI State of the media in Southe
Page 57 and 58:
Page 59 and 60:
Page 61 and 62:
Page 63 and 64:
Page 65 and 66:
Page 67 and 68:
Page 69 and 70:
Page 71 and 72:
Page 73 and 74:
Page 75 and 76:
MOZAMBIQUE State of the media in So
Page 77 and 78:
Page 79 and 80:
Page 81 and 82:
Page 83 and 84:
Page 85 and 86:
Page 87 and 88:
Page 89 and 90:
NAMIBIA State of the media in South
Page 91 and 92:
Page 93 and 94:
Page 95 and 96:
Page 97 and 98:
Page 99 and 100:
Page 101 and 102:
SOUTH AFRICA State of the media in
Page 103 and 104:
Page 105 and 106:
Page 107 and 108:
Page 109 and 110:
Page 111 and 112:
Page 113 and 114:
Page 115 and 116:
SWAZILAND State of the media in Sou
Page 117 and 118:
Page 119 and 120:
Page 121 and 122:
Page 123 and 124:
Page 125 and 126:
Page 127 and 128:
Page 129 and 130:
TANZANIA State of the media in Sout
Page 131 and 132:
Page 133 and 134:
Page 135 and 136:
Page 137 and 138:
Page 139 and 140:
Page 141 and 142:
Page 143 and 144:
ZAMBIA State of the media in Southe
Page 145 and 146:
Page 147 and 148:
Page 149 and 150:
Page 151 and 152:
Page 153 and 154:
Page 155 and 156:
Page 157 and 158:
Page 159 and 160:
Page 161 and 162:
Page 163 and 164:
Page 165 and 166:
Page 167 and 168:
Page 169 and 170:
ZIMBABWE State of the media in Sout
Page 171 and 172:
Page 173 and 174:
Page 175 and 176:
Page 177 and 178:
Page 179 and 180:
Page 181 and 182:
Page 183 and 184:
Page 185 and 186:
Page 187 and 188:
Page 189 and 190:
Page 191 and 192:
Page 193 and 194:
Page 195 and 196:
Page 197 and 198:
Page 199 and 200:
Page 201 and 202:
Page 203 and 204:
Page 205 and 206:
Page 207 and 208:
Page 209 and 210:
Page 211 and 212:
Page 213 and 214:
Page 215 and 216:
Page 217 and 218:
Page 219 and 220:
Page 221 and 222:
Page 223 and 224:
Page 225 and 226:
Page 227 and 228: ZIMBABWE State of the media in Sout
Page 253 and 254: State of the media in Southern Afri
Page 277: State of the media in Southern Afri
Page 329 and 330:
Page 331 and 332:
Page 333:
show all

Download - Media Institute of Southern Africa

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?