SECTOR 2 The regional offices of MICT are also equipped to create content from the regions. ‘Content is being produced, but it is not being filtered through to be broadcast to the whole country.’ According to a survey by the Community Broadcasting Network, community radio stations are more effective than private and public media houses at broadcasting community content. ‘I watch NBC news every day, but I only see petitions being handed over and activities related to the Ministries. As Namibians, we don’t know about each other and about what is happening in different regions.’ With regards to investigative reporting, panellists noted that ‘as far as they can, the media invest time and expertise into investigative work’, citing The Namibian as a strong example. The newspaper has worked with media houses across the country’s borders to break strong investigative stories. That said, the Namibian media could do more in conducting investigative pieces, but panellists acknowledged that sufficient resources are often lacking. NBC is particularly limited in terms of investigative work ‘because it has a particular mandate and is required to report more broadly than the private media’. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: Score of previous years: ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓✓ 2.7 2005: 3.1; 2007: 3.7; 2009: 3.1; 2011: 2.7; 2015: 2.4 2.10 Private broadcasters deliver a minimum of quality public interest programmes Panellists noted that for the most part, private broadcasters are not doing enough to deliver public interest programmes. ‘Some are making an effort, but not enough.’ Notable exceptions, however, include Kosmos Radio ‘which has a regular slot with the prime minister as well as a programme where they go out with the city police, amongst others’, and One Africa TV. ‘One Africa is even leaps and bounds ahead of NBC. They have a good programme, It’s a Wrap, which covers many topics that wouldn’t otherwise appear on national TV. Also, One Africa’s production is at a level that competes with many of the international media outlets and they cover several topics of public interest.’ 33 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER NAMIBIA 2018