Articles by Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)
Company offers reward for identity of confidential source, prepares to sue paper
(MISA/IFEX) – The fishing company Gendev has offered a Namibian$100,000 (approx. US$14,500) reward to anyone who provides conclusive evidence on who leaked a draft press statement on damaged Namibian cans of fish. Although neither the fishing industry nor government have disputed the authenticity of the information about the cracked fish cans, which led to the […]
Campaign to buy up copies of newspaper as they hit the streets
(MISA/IFEX) – Pramod Kalaria, the millionaire owner of the Lilongwe-based company Farmers World, has reportedly embarked on a campaign to buy up copies of “The Chronicle” weekly newspaper as they hit the streets. “The Chronicle” reports that as of Tuesday 18 July 2000, the paper, which hits the streets on Mondays, could not be found […]
Action taken against public broadcaster employee
(MISA/IFEX) – The board of the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has suspended the MBC’s central region manager, George Ngaunje, for three months without pay, for defiance of authority, reports “The Chronicle” newspaper. Ngaunje was reported to be “untouchable” and answerable only to President Bakili Muluzi. “The Chronicle” reports that because of his involvement in assisting […]
Suspicious theft of journalist’s property
(MISA/IFEX) – The Voice of America (VOA) office in Luanda reports that on Wednesday 19 July 2000, two people, including one individual in police uniform, broke into journalist Joao de Almeida Domingos’ car. Domingos is a VOA journalist. The perpetrators broke the windscreen of Domingos’ car with a rock and removed a number of personal […]
Newspaper manages to print again
(MISA/IFEX) – The “Post” newspaper is back on sale after a two-day disruption caused by a breakdown of its web offset printing machine, and without the help of the government-owned printers, the only other printers able to print the paper. “Post” editor-in-chief Fred M’membe told the Zambia Independent Media Association (ZIMA) that his technicians had […]
Magazine faces closure because of questionable writ of execution
(MISA/IFEX) – The editor of “MoAfrika” weekly magazine, Candy Ramainoane, fears that his publication will be plunged into an uncertain future if the sheriff of the court executes another writ allowing for the paper’s assets to be attached in lieu of a defamation judgement against him in December last year. According to Ramainoane, his office […]
Arsonists target magazine office
(MISA/IFEX) – On 10 July 2000, a fire gutted the Windhoek office of the “Sister Namibia” magazine, prompting the magazineâs editor to blame gay bashers. The magazine is published by the non-governmental organisation Sister Namibia, which campaigns for women’s rights and gender equality. The fire was discovered during the early hours of the morning. By […]
Journalists held hostage
(MISA/IFEX) – On Friday 7 July 2000, war veterans in Mashonaland Central held a “Herald” reporter, George Soko, and photographer William Mafunga hostage for almost three hours at a farm in the town of Centenary. The two journalists had earlier visited two other farms and talked to war veterans without any problems. However, when they […]