PROMOTING FREE EXPRESSION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
Journalist Jeffrey Moyo and Thabang Manhika, an employee of the Zimbabwe Media Commission were on 31 May 2021 denied bail on charges of contravening the Immigration Act.
Bulawayo magistrate Rachel Mukanga said the two were facing serious charges with a 10-year prison term if convicted. They were remanded in custody to 10 June 2021.
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.
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) has established a Regional Media Lawyers Network (RMLN), which will go a long way towards ensuring a much more organised and coordinated legal defence mechanism for press freedom in Southern Africa. The RMLN and its...
Despite some improvements in media freedom across Southern Africa, most countries in the region continue to be classified as problematic and difficult, according to the latest Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index report. South Africa and Namibia remain...
MISA has officially launched the sixth edition of the Southern Africa Press Freedom Report 2026, a comprehensive assessment of 11 countries that reveals a critical inflection point for the region's media landscape. While constitutional guarantees of press freedom...
MISA Zimbabwe National Director Dr Tabani Moyo has written to the Parliament of Zimbabwe to ensure the safety and security of journalists covering the public hearings of Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3. In his letter to Clerk of Parliament, Mr Kennedy Chokuda, Dr...
