CENTRAL AFRICAMalawi to censor newspaper cartoons
[Gregory Gondwe] The Malawi Law Commission currently drafting a Gender Equality Law has suggested the inclusion of a law to regulate the print media, especially newspapers and periodicals, in the way they depict women in cartoon strips. 6 Jan 2009 10:24
CENTRAL AFRICAGovernment incorporates Media Council of Malawi
[Gregory Gondwe] The Malawi government has incorporated the Media Council of Malawi (MCM) as a legal entity fifteen months after the body was resuscitated. MCM chairperson Reverend Patrick Semphere received the certificate of incorporation from Deputy Information and Civic Education Minister John Bande during the council's annual general meeting in Blantyre, on 6 December, 2008. 8 Dec 2008 10:45
CENTRAL AFRICAZambia: MPs call for regulation of media
On 13 November 2008, the members of parliament in Zambia called for the regulation of media organisations through the use of statutory instruments as opposed to self-regulation because of the alleged biased media coverage of the just ended presidential by-election. 18 Nov 2008 11:52
CENTRAL AFRICAMACRA calls on Malawi's private couriers to register
[Gregory Gondwe] The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has called on 12 of Malawi's 18 private couriers to register with it and have a license to operate within the country. 14 Oct 2008 15:34
CENTRAL AFRICAMalawi media and MPS to mend fences
[Gregory Gondwe] 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. 3 Oct 2008 11:00
CENTRAL AFRICAZambian academic wins MISA's 2008 Press Freedom Award
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. 25 Sep 2008 14:47
CENTRAL AFRICAAbsence of self-regulation undermining Malawi media
[Gregory Gondwe] 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. 2 Sep 2008 11:02
CENTRAL AFRICAMalawi: Opposition parliamentarians reject information ministry allocation
[Gregory Gondwe] 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. 28 Aug 2008 10:08
CENTRAL AFRICANAMISA appeals for TVM, MBC budget allocation
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). 25 Aug 2008 11:17
CENTRAL AFRICABNL journalists take control of Malawi's MISA
[Gregory Gondwe] 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). 25 Aug 2008 09:23
CENTRAL AFRICAMalawi's media practitioners to be accredited
[Gregory Gondwe] Malawian journalists will from November this year, be accredited by the Media Council of Malawi before starting their practice in the country. 19 Aug 2008 12:22
CENTRAL AFRICAMISA Malawi protest over ban on parlimentary proceedings coverage
[Gregory Gondwe] 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. 7 Aug 2008 12:06
CENTRAL AFRICAZambia: Reports of the President's death "erroneous"
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". 4 Jul 2008 06:39
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