News and press statements
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.
MISA celebrates World Press Freedom Day 2017
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2017, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), pays tribute to both the Government of Swaziland and the African Union Special Rapporteur on Freedom...
Press Freedom Day 2017 honours media’s role in development
MISA Tanzania held a two-day event to improve collaboration between the government, the media and other freedom of expression stakeholders.
Study reveals ethical violations in Mozambique print media
A study produced by the MISA Moçambique in collaboration with the Center for Interdisciplinary Communications Studies (CEC) and the National Union of Journalists (SNJ) reveals that in 2016 there...
AFEX petitions AU Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression on Cameroon crisis
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), on April 13, 2017 petitioned the African Union (AU) Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information, Ms. Faith Pansy Tlakula,...
MISA Zimbabwe annual report highlights pitfalls in freedom of expression and access to information
The MISA Zimbabwe 2016 Annual report is a catalogue of MISA-Zimbabwe’s footprints on the organisation’s strategic interventions towards realisation of its vision of a Zimbabwe in which every person...
MISA Zimbabwe partners with local community to undertake social audit
A social audit undertaken by the United Mutare Residents and Ratepayers Trust (UMRRT) launched recently in the eastern border town of Mutare blames ‘serious malpractices and corruption’ as the...