STATE OF PRESS FREEDOM IN SOUTHERN AFRICA REPORT 2021 50 MEDIA INDEPENDENCE Some journalists in small towns across Tanzania reported threats and intimidation from authorities during 2020 and 2021. Between January and April 2020, at least 13 media workers, including seven journalists and bloggers were arrested and prosecuted for allegedly contravening the Online Content Regulations of 2018. On June 23, 2020, the government revoked the licence of the Swahili daily tabloid, Tanzania Daima, citing alleged repeated violations of national laws and journalism ethics. (3) Newsrooms in commercial hub Dar es Salaam and other urban centres claim they routinely came under pressure from regulatory bodies such as the Tanzania Information Services and the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) over their content. JOURNALISTS’ SAFETY AND PROTECTION Between January and April 2020, at least 13 media workers, including seven journalists and bloggers were arrested and prosecuted for allegedly contravening the Online Content Regulations of 2018. The charges included failure to register websites and YouTube channels at the staterun Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA), the country’s communications watchdog, which oversees online content. Newsrooms in commercial hub Dar es Salaam and other urban centres claim they routinely came under pressure from regulatory bodies such as the Tanzania Information Services and the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) over their content. INTERNET ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY At least 43.7 million people have mobile phones in Tanzania, but only 23.1 million have internet access. This is despite data released by the British technology research firm Cable, which revealed that Tanzania had the cheapest internet in East Africa. The report titled World Wide Mobile Data Pricing 2021 said Tanzania “has the cheapest data in East Africa at $0.75 for every gigabyte of data.” (4)