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State of the media in Southern Africa 2002 will continue to be regulated by government directly. The draft Bill states that CAN will be an “independent” regulator. However, in terms of the draft Bill, the authority’s decision-making Board of directors will be appointed by the Minister responsible for Information and Broadcasting. Currently, the President runs this portfolio. According to press reports today, the incumbent regulator, the Namibian Communications Commission, on Wednesday December 18, 2002, announced the appointment of German consultancy firm DETECON International to oversee the bidding for a second cellular phone license. The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) questions the launch of the process of licensing a second cell phone operator before the pending reform of the communications sector has been debated in Parliament. As it is, MISA takes issue with many aspects of the draft Communications Bill, which we believe falls short of international standards - notably the SADC Protocol on Information, Culture and Sport adopted by Namibia’s National Assembly earlier in the year - governing broadcasting and the regulation of communications in general. There appear to be similarities between the current process for licensing of the second cell phone company, and the deregulation of broadcasting back in the early ’90s. Then Namibia’s first commercial television broadcaster, M-Net, started broadcasting before the relevant legislation had been passed. The business arm of the ruling SWAPO Party, Kalahari Holdings, was - and remains - the majority shareholder in Multichoice Namibia, the company which launched M-Net. Enquiries: Tracey Naughton Regional Broadcast Program Manager MISA - Media Institute of Southern Africa Private Bag 13386 Windhoek, Namibia Phone: +264 61 232 975 Fax: +264 61 248 016 Cell: +264 811 282 669 Email: broadcasting@misa.org.na Web: www.misa.org 2002 Press Statement December 19, 2002 TOPIC: Namibia Draft Communications Bill 308 So This Is Democracy?
State of the media in Southern Africa 2002 Namibia’s Communications Bill, which will establish a new communications regulator, the Communications Authority of Namibia (CAN), to regulate private telecommunications, broadcasting and postal services, will be presented in Cabinet early in the new year, after which the Bill will be debated in Parliament. In terms of the draft Bill, all private broadcasters, telecommunications operators, and postal service companies will be regulated by CAN. However, Namibia’s national broadcaster, the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), will not fall under CAN’s jurisdiction in terms of the draft Bill, and presumably will continue to be regulated by government directly. The draft Bill states that CAN will be an “independent” regulator. However, in terms of the draft Bill, the authority’s decision-making Board of directors will be appointed by the Minister responsible for Information and Broadcasting. Currently, the President runs this portfolio. According to press reports the incumbent regulator, the Namibian Communications Commission (NCC), on Wednesday December 18, 2002, announced the appointment of German consultancy firm DETECON International to oversee the bidding for a second cellular phone license. The NCC has therefore kicked off the process to license a second cellular phone company before major legislation reforming the regulation of the communications industry has been tabled in Parliament. The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) questions the launch of the process of licensing a second cell phone operator before the pending reform of the communications sector has been debated in Parliament. As it is, MISA takes issue with many aspects of the draft Communications Bill, which we believe falls short of international standards - notably the SADC Protocol on Information, Culture and Sport adopted by Namibia’s National Assembly earlier in the year - governing broadcasting and the regulation of communications in general. There appear to be similarities between the current process for licensing of the second cell phone company, and the deregulation of broadcasting back in the early ’90s. Then Namibia’s first commercial television broadcaster, M-Net, started broadcasting before the relevant legislation had been passed. The business arm of the ruling SWAPO Party, Kalahari Holdings, was - and remains - the majority shareholder in Multichoice Namibia, the company which launched M-Net. Enquiries: Tracey Naughton Regional Broadcast Program Manager So This Is Democracy? 309
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