SECTOR 2 For the members of the panel, the detailed nature of these legal provisions leaves no doubt as to the intention of the legislator, which is to outlaw media concentration and monopolies. However, what the law provides for is not being observed in practice, seeing as there are Angolan families with strong political connections, or groups of individuals related to them who, in flagrant violation of the law, control large sections of the media sector. 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: 1.7 2.6 Government promotes a diverse media landscape with economically sustainable and independent media outlets. In section 15, the Press Law provides that the state must establish “a system of incentives and support for national and local media, with a view to ensuring information pluralism and the unobstructed exercise of the freedom of the press as well strengthening the role of the media as public service providers”. In fulfilment of this legal provision, the government has already drafted a presidential decree providing for a system of direct and diverse forms of incentives for the media. However, it remained clear during the discussions that one thing are the formal, legal provisions, but it is quite another to put such provisions into practice. When analysed from a practical point of view it becomes clear that the government does not offer any kind of specific incentives for the development and strengthening of the media sector. There are no fiscal incentives for the private sector media, and (private) newspapers have to pay commercial prices for newsprint, which is imported from China, India, Portugal and South Africa. In fact, in Angola newsprint is not included in the list of goods considered to be essential and it is therefore not exempt from import duty. There are also no visible efforts aimed 96 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER ANGOLA 2010