All this has a direct and negative impact on the growth of the media industry and certainly does not assist in increasing the diversity of the media landscape. SCORES: Individual scores: Average score: 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2 1.9 (2006 = 2.3) Overall score for section 2: 1.7 (2006 = 1.4) Sector 3: Broadcasting regulation is transparent and independent; the state broadcaster is transformed into a truly public broadcaster. 3.1 Broadcasting is regulated by an independent body adequately protected against interference, particularly of a political and economic nature. ANALYSIS: The Broadcasting Services Act 2001 established the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) as the regulatory and licensing body. In line with amendments to the BSA passed in December 2007, the board of the Authority will be appointed by the President (not, as previously, by the Minister of Information) after consultation with the Minister of Information and the parliamentary Committee on Standing Rules and Orders. The board will comprise two broadcast professionals (technology and content), one traditional chief, one lawyer, one public accountant, one representative of churches as well as three members selected by the President from a list of 6 nominees submitted by the parliamentary committee. The law is silent on the way the President will go about choosing people from the respective groups – obviously the choice is entirely his. Thus, the BAZ and its board cannot be independent. SCORES: Individual scores: Average score: 3.2 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1 1.2 (2006 = 1.0) The appointments procedure for members of the regulatory body is open and transparent and involves civil society. ANALYSIS: Civil society is not involved in the process of appointing nominees. The whole procedure is neither open nor transparent. So This Is Democracy? 2008 -269- Media Institute of Southern Africa