PROMOTING FREE EXPRESSION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
We are pleased to announce that the Thinking Beyond pre-election edition is now out under the theme: 2018 Elections: Panacea to Transformation or More of the Same?
It is available for download in the MISA Zimbabwe Resource Centre:
Thinking Beyond June 2018 edition
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) was founded in 1992. Its work focuses on promoting, and advocating for, the unhindered enjoyment of freedom of expression, access to information and a free, independent, diverse and pluralistic media.
Chairperson, Excellencies, Honourable Commissioners, state delegations, ladies and gentlemen, the Media Institute of Southern Africa MISA presents this statement during the 79th Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR). AI adoption,...
Introduction The United Nations Plan of Action on The Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity is anchored on four fundamental pillars of Prevention, Protection, Prosecution and Partnerships. With these four pillars in mind, MISA Zimbabwe accelerated and...
SADC executive secretary Elias Magosi urged journalists to amplify national and regional appeals for humanitarian support in the face of the El Nino drought, which has seen millions face food shortages in the region. Addressing delegates at the World Press Freedom Day...
The focus of this year’s World Press Freedom Day commemorations — the importance of journalism and freedom of expression in the context of the current global environment crisis — is apt, as it comes when the Southern African region is...
