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MISA BROADCAST & ICT UPDATE – JANUARY 2008


Namibia : NBC crippled by strike

Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), workers across the country went on strike on January 29. Employees declared a dispute a week earlier after the broadcaster failed to pay them a six per cent salary increase, which management agreed to last year. Read more

Government to put in place ZNBC/IBA boards this year

Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa announced on January 11 that Government intends to put in place this year the board of directors for the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC). Read more


The changing face of the SABC

A perceived lack of credibility is the biggest challenge facing the SABC, says Kanyisiwe Mkonza, the newly appointed chairperson of the public broadcaster's board, and she plans to tackle it head on. The past few years have been very difficult for the SABC, she says. She wants to take stock and get to the root of the problems. Read more


Kenyan media in court over ban on live coverage

The controversial Kenyan Government suspension of live media coverage has been challenged in court. The Media Institute moved to court after the deadline to the Government by the Editor's Guild to lift the suspension elapsed. Read more


MSNBC's free satellite TV launched

Southern Africa's newest free satellite TV , MSNBC Africa, was launched in Johannesburg on January 21 st . The launch will see consumers gaining access to 36 'exciting' channels - if they can afford buy a once-off package of a dish and a digital receiver at R1400. Read more

Mobile movers and shakers head for Barcelona

The cream of the global telecoms industry gathers in Barcelona next month for the largest and most important event in the mobile industry, the Mobile World Congress. Read more

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