[Tatenda Chiweshe] Last week as I met with several major media buyers in Gaborone presenting Media Trace's Botswana Outsights Report for October 2012, it became clear that October and November is their critical planning and buying season for the next year.
31 Oct 2012 11:02[Justin Tamisai Makombe] State run Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has reduced its advertising rates by 40%, in an apparent indication which confirms that the national broadcaster is feeling the heat of competition and struggling to attract advertisers.
30 Oct 2012 11:43 
[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] The government of Malawi have reacted to the
arrest of Justice Mponda, an online journalist, saying it is becoming increasingly concerned with the false publication by Malawi Voice where the journalist worked for. Mponda has since been released on bail by the Lilongwe Senior Magistrates Court.
17 Oct 2012 16:05The editor of the privately-owned
Daily News, Stanley Gama and his deputy Chris Goko, were arrested and detained at the Harare Central Police station on 8 October 2012, over a story alleging that the disappearance of a local businessman's family was a hoax. The journalists spent four hours at the police station.
11 Oct 2012 10:13
From 1 January 2013, the African Press Organisation (APO) becomes the sole pan-African press release wire, as it terminates its partnership with PR Newswire.
11 Oct 2012 06:12[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) has protested against the
draft E-Bill which the government of Malawi released to the public to get more input as an enemy of media freedom and freedom of expression.
8 Oct 2012 09:48 [Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] The Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has changed the rolling out of services of what is expected to be Malawi's fourth mobile phone service company, CELCOM.
8 Oct 2012 09:28 
The
Global Telecoms Business magazine has released the 5th annual GTB Power 100 listing, that names the 100 most powerful people in the global telecommunications industry. Chris Wood, CEO of Nairobi-based WIOCC has been ranked at number 79.
3 Oct 2012 10:36
Bloomberg, the site for business and financial market news, is calling on freelance reporters with English-language capabilities to cover business and general news.
2 Oct 2012 10:06[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] The government of Malawi has announced the completion of the drafting of the electronic legislation called 'E-bill', which now awaits input from institutions and individuals before parliament passes it into law.
1 Oct 2012 10:07 [Alex Bell] A Harare based group that provides daily news items for an externally based TV station was raided by police on Wednesday, 26 September 2012, and accused of running an illegal operation.
28 Sep 2012 11:31 
This year saw the introduction of a new category at The Loerie Awards - for the Rest of Africa and the Middle East, sponsored by the
Mail & Guardian. The category gave non-South African work a chance to shine and the audience saw two Gold Loeries awarded, as well as three Silver statues and seven Bronzes.
27 Sep 2012 10:50
[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] The National Bank of Malawi (NBM) has challenged Malawi's business journalists to be relevant as Malawi is undergoing economic hardships.
27 Sep 2012 10:06[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] The High Court in Blantyre on Friday, 21 September 2012, ruled that the Consolidated ICT Regulatory Management Systems (CIRMS) dubbed the
'spy machine', has the potential to be abused as it has the capability to eavesdrop into people's conversations, emails and text messages.
25 Sep 2012 09:59 
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