the Media community of Central Africa

Malawi media and MPS to mend fences

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:00:00 +0200

The Malawian Police Service has accused the media of capitalising on the mistakes the police commit in order to generate stories that tarnish its image. The media, however, have been complaining that the police have been abusing its powers by arresting journalists doing their jobs as well as for holding onto certain information. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Zambian academic wins MISA's 2008 Press Freedom Award

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:47:00 +0200

Facskon Banda, a journalism professor from Zambia who has campaigned extensively on the digital divide and other media freedom issues is this year's winner of the Media Institute of Southern Africa's (MISA) Press Freedom Award. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Absence of self-regulation undermining Malawi media

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:02:00 +0200

The absence of self-regulation in the Malawi media is said to be undermining the media industry in the country where editorial freedom is compromised under state interference. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Malawi: Opposition parliamentarians reject information ministry allocation

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:08:00 +0200

Woes for Malawi's 2008-2009 national budget refuse to die with opposition parliamentarians refusing to allocate resources for the ministry of information and civic education earlier this week. Read full story... | Send to a friend

NAMISA appeals for TVM, MBC budget allocation

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:17:00 +0200

The National Media Institute of Southern Africa (NAMISA) has appealed to opposition legislators in the country to approve budgetary allocations for the country's two public broadcasters, Television Malawi (TVM) and Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC). Read full story... | Send to a friend

BNL journalists take control of Malawi's MISA

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:23:00 +0200

Journalists from Malawi's Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL), publishers of The Daily Times, Malawi News and Sunday Times, on Saturday took Control of Malawi's Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Chapter when they swept all influential positions in the polls held in Blantyre during the body's Annual General Meeting (AGM). Read full story... | Send to a friend

Malawi's media practitioners to be accredited

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:22:00 +0200

Malawian journalists will from November this year, be accredited by the Media Council of Malawi before starting their practice in the country. Read full story... | Send to a friend

MISA Malawi protest over ban on parlimentary proceedings coverage

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:06:00 +0200

The Malawi Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) has protested over government's decision to ban live coverage of parliamentary proceedings currently underway in Malawi. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Media neutrality - or the very real lack of it - in Africa

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:31:00 +0200

In every country in the world, the media writes for a paying audience. If newspapers are to sell successfully, the issues of their particular audience need to resonate with what the media reflects. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Zambia: Reports of the President's death 'erroneous'

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:39:00 +0200

The Zambian government insisted today that President Levy Mwanawasa was alive - denying media reports he had died in a Paris hospital - and described South African President Thabo Mbeki's minute of silence in respect of his counterpart at a rally in Pretoria as "erroneous". Read full story... | Send to a friend