News and press statements
MISA Tanzania launches its new website
MISA Tanzania invites visitors to explore its new user-friendly website, which provides detailed information on freedom of expression and our activities.
Zimbabwe still needs diverse radio
Although radio is the medium of communication that attracts the attention of the national population, the industry is by and large an oligopoly in Zimbabwe.
State of The Media report for 2017 available now!
MISA Zimbabwe is proud to publish its annual report examining media freedom, freedom of expression and access to information for 2017.
MISA Tanzania calls on authorities to find missing journalist Azory Gwanda
MISA Tanzania is deeply concerned about the disappearance of MCL journalist Azory Gwanda, who went missing in November 2017.
MISA Tanzania awards Golden Key to most open public institution
On Right to Know Day 2017, MISA Tanzania held an event to highlight the most and least accessible public institutions.
Note to new cybersecurity minister … ‘it’s about trust and respect for rights’
MISA Zimbabwe notes with concern the creation of a new ministry of Cybersecurity, Threat Detection and Mitigation in the ministerial reassignments and appointments made by President Robert Mugabe on...
MISA launches its 2017 Transparency Assessment
In commemoration of the International Day of Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) on 28 September 2017, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) launches its annual Transparency Assessment...
Misa Malawi says media ‘still not free’ at 53 years of independence
There is a feeling that significant changes to guarantee freedom of the press have not yet been put in place, Misa Malawi Chapter chairperson Tereza Ndanga has said. Ndanga said as Malawi is...
Call for better relations between the media and government
A meeting resulted in seven resolutions to improve the playing field for Tanzania’s media as well as its relationship with the government.