The Media Institute of Southern Africa is an umbrella organisation representing MISA national chapters in the SADC region. MISA defends and promotes media freedom, freedom of expression and access to information.
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Botswana media groups fret over new snooping bill
26 January 2022 A collective of Botswana media organizations that includes MISA Botswana, Press Council of Botswana and Botswana Editors Forum have been alarmed by the contents of a piece of legislation currently being discussed in Parliament. More shocking to us is...
Request for implementation plan for fair and balanced coverage during elections
MISA Zimbabwe has written to the Chief Executive officer of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation requesting for the state broadcaster's implementation plan for fair and balanced coverage of political parties during elections. The letter comes at a time when the...
Dual accreditation inconvenient burdensome cost for media practitioners
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission recently invited applications from observers and the media for accreditation for the upcoming by-elections which should be submitted no later than 22 March 2022. The accreditation fees were set as follows: Local observers- USD10,00 or...
Attacks on free expression in Southern Africa – Projection for 2022
By Tabani Moyo We are entering the third year of living in the age of COVID-19, a pandemic that has changed our ways of living in a manner never budgeted for in the history of humankind. In an age of pandemics, it is a risky enterprise to project the year ahead with...
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