• ALERT Date: October 20, 2008 Persons: Moisés Saela and Francisco Raiva Violation/issue: Threatened Two Mozambican journalists based in Beira were on October 15 threatened by leaders of the opposition political party, Renamo. This is according to a report that appeared in the daily issue of Notícias on October 17, 2008. According to Notícias, Moisés Saela of Radio Mozambique was publicly berated by José Cazonda, the head of Renamo in the Beira Municipal Assembly, for interviewing Moisés Machava, the man who is now functioning as ‘spokesperson’ of the divided opposition in the province. The second journalist, Francisco Raiva of independent TV station Stv, told Notícias that he had been threatened by the Beira head of Renamo Youth League, Arnaldo Tivane, who accused Stv of biased coverage in favour of a rival candidate. Related to this, Edwin Honnow, a citizen who regularly writes for several Mozambican newspapers, told reporters in Beira that he has received threatening phone calls from Tivane, who accused him of working for a rival political candidate. So This Is Democracy? 2008 -65- Media Institute of Southern Africa