Articles by Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)
Malawi government issues two more radio licenses
(MISA/IFEX) – According to MISA, the Malawi government recently issued two radio licenses to new applicants, bringing to three the number of radio licenses issued to private operators during the past five months. This is despite the tabling of a Bill in Parliament next month which could see the introduction of an independent regulatory licensing […]
Reporter faces disciplinary action
(MISA/IFEX) – According to MISA, state-owned “Zambia Daily Mail” reporter Joy Sata is facing disciplinary action for exposing and condemning the newspaper’s editorial practices of censoring stories critical of government. She made the comments on a television programme. Sata is apparently out of the country for several weeks and could not be reached for comment. […]
Cameraman assaulted
(MISA/IFEX) – According to MISA, on 14 April 1998, a cameraman for the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) was assaulted by a local businessman while filming a group of managers who were being interviewed about an industrial strike in Windhoek (the capital city). Cameraman Hadley Mwashekeleh was punched in the face and his spectacles were broken […]
Molland Nkhata retired from Malawi state broadcaster on ministerial directive
(MISA/IFEX) – The chairperson of MISA-Malawi, Molland Nkhata, has been forced, by ministerial directive, into early retirement from his position as Director of News and Current Affairs of the state-controlled Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC). Nkhata was informed by the MBC’s Director-General, Sam Gunde, in a letter dated 23 April 1998, that a “ministerial directive has […]
Media workers call for repeal of anti-press laws
(MISA/IFEX) – According to MISA, journalists and media workers in Tanzania have asked the government to reform some of the laws which restrict the right to information and freedom of expression. The media workers made the call during the celebrations of this year’s World Press Freedom Day at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in […]
Editor detained
(MISA/IFEX) – According to MISA, on 11 April 1998, Tanzanian police briefly detained and interrogated Balinagwe Mwambungu, the managing editor of “Mfanyakazi” newspaper. Mwambungu, who is also Chairman of the Journalists Environmental Association of Tanzania, was arrested at his Upanga residence in Dar es Salaam in connection with a story which appeared on the front […]
Reporter detained
(MISA/IFEX) – According to MISA, Tanzanian police briefly detained and interrogated Peter Saramba, a reporter for the “Majira” newspaper, in connection with reports that police were forcing civilians to join them in the search for bodies of miners feared dead in a recent disaster. Saramba was detained on 15 April 1998, at Usa River Police […]
Another Tanzanian editor detained
(MISA/IFEX) – According to MISA, on 16 April 1998, Kiondo Mshana, editor of “Taifa Letu”, a Kiswahili newspaper, was detained by Tanzanian police. The police wanted him to reveal the identity of the author of a story which appeared in “Taifa Letu”, and which quoted a detained Islamic leader. The front page story, which appeared […]