Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)

Efforts to interfere in the work of civil society can be precursors to worse human rights violations that would affect civic space and the democratic credibility of the country, while also eroding Botswana’s history of positive engagement with civil society.

The Media Institute of Southern Africa convenes meeting to build network of like-minded organisations and harness regional solidarity.

Members of Zimbabwe’s intelligence organisation and party supporters attack journalist Godwin Mangudya while he tries to cover a ruling party meeting.

In recent weeks, Zimbabwean journalists from certain media houses were excluded from covering ruling party and government related events.

MISA Zimbabwe and MAZ are concerned that Zimbabwe’s acquisition and use of the telecommunications traffic monitoring system could expose citizens to unwarranted surveillance.

Media rights groups raise concern over Zimbabwe’s government recently implemented telecommunications traffic monitoring system which has potential of exposing citizens to state surveillance.

The cancellation of broadcasting licences by Malawi’s regulator blocks citizens’ access to information and impacts negatively on the economic well-being of staff who have lost their jobs as a result of the industry-wide closures.

Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, the Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association has once again raised concern over the Zimbabwean government’s propensity to clamp down on NGOs through restrictive legislation.