News and press statements
Statement from the MISA Election Observer Mission in Botswana
In October 2014, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) convened a mission to observe the conduct of the media and electoral bodies during the Botswana 2014 parliamentary and local government...
MISA Malawi statement on arrest of journalist Archibald Kasakura
The Malawi Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) is shocked and deeply saddened with the detention of journalist Archibald Kasakura, who was arrested by Limbe Police in Blantyre,...
Southern Africa’s most open and most secretive state institutions 2014
From Sunday 28 September, Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Chapter offices have been marking International Right to Information Day across the region by announcing the recipients of this...
MISA Botswana condemns arrest and detention of Sunday Standard Editor
MISA Botswana was shocked to learn that Sunday Standard Editor, Mr Outsa Mokone, was arrested and detained by the Botswana Police Service on Monday 8 September 2014. The warrant of arrest relates to...
MISA Zimbabwe: The closure of SW Radio Africa
MISA-Zimbabwe bemoans the closure of the pioneer shortwave radio station, SW Radio Africa, after 13 years of affording Zimbabweans, particularly those residing in marginalised rural communities,...
MISA Namibia calls for public consultation on Third Constitution Amendment Bill
A coalition of civil society organisations yesterday united to launch a campaign calling for the withdrawal of the Third Constitution Amendment and demand wide public consultation on the proposed...
MISA condemns prison sentence for Swazi editor and human rights lawyer
The Regional Governing Council of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) is outraged and deeply saddened by the unreasonable sentencing of editor of The Nation Bheki Makhubu and human rights...
MISA Zimbabwe: Adverse report on repealed statutory instrument withdrawn
The Parliamentary Legal Portfolio Committee withdrew its adverse report in the National Assembly on 10th July 2014 following the repeal of the unconstitutional Statutory Instrument (SI) 142/2013...
ACTION Coalition: Namibia’s Anti-Terrorism Law is ill-considered
Many countries around the world introduced new anti-terrorism legislation after the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks in the US and subsequent incidents around the world. It has become clear that...