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Stop the Secrecy Bill

The gains of South Africans' struggle for freedom are threatened by the Protection of Information Bill (the Secrecy Bill) currently before Parliament. We accept the need to replace apartheid-era secrecy legislation. However, this Bill extends the veil of secrecy in a manner reminiscent of that same apartheid past. This Bill fundamentally undermines the struggle for whistleblower protection and access to information. It is one of a number of proposed measures, which could have the combined effect of fundamentally undermining the right to access information and the freedom of expression enshrined in the Constitution. Read more

Media Alerts

MISA- Malawi Statement on the state of the media and freedom of expression in Malawi (3 September 2010)
The Malawi Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA-Malawi) has noted with disappointment that there is lack of respect for media freedom and freedom of expression in the country.
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Zimbabwe: Journalist arrested over former Vice President’s statue (31 August 2010)
Kudakwashe Zvarayi, a Kwekwe-based freelance journalist in the Midlands province was on 27 August 2010 arrested in Bulawayo while taking pictures of the statue of Zimbabwe’s deceased Vice President Joshua Nkomo.
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Zimbabué: Jornalista é preso por fotografar estátua do ex-vice presidente.
Zimbabué – Kudakwashe Zvarayi, jornalista freelance sedeado na cidade do Kwekwe, província de Midlands no Zimbabue, foi preso no dia 27 de Agosto de 2010 em Bulawayo, a segunda maior cidade do Zimbabue, enquanto fotografava a estátua do ex-vice presidente Joshua Nkomo.
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Zambia: Information Minister denounces media self-regulation (26 August 2010)
Information and Broadcasting Services Minister, Ronnie Shikapwasha has described the Zambia Media Council (ZAMEC) as a fraud that can not sustain the challenges involved in media regulation without power to enforce decisions because it is not backed by law.
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Botswana civil society and Media take Government to court (August 19, 2010)
The media fraternity spearhead by the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA Botswana), has roped in other civil society organisations in their looming court case to overturn the Media Practitioners Act.
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Update on the launch of Zambia Media Council (ZAMEC) (19th August 2010)
We have called this briefing to update the media and the nation at large on the new developments that have taken place since we announced last week that the launch of the Zambia Media Council (ZAMEC) would take place on Thursday, 26th August 2010.
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MISA-Tanzania condemns closure and suspension of Leo Tena and Kulikoni newspapers (12 January 2010)
The Media Institute of Southern Africa-Tanzania Chapter (MISA-TAN) is deeply shocked by the closure of Leo Tena Newspaper and the suspension of the weekly investigative Kulikoni Newspaper for
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Posted to the web: 04/12/2008 11:46:15: Fears grow for missing former TV anchor
FEARS grew on Thursday for a missing Zimbabwean former TV news anchor-turned human rights activist, over 24 hours after she was reportedly kidnapped from her home by a gang of 12 men driving in two unmarked vehicles.
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