SECTOR 3 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: 1.1 (2005 = 1.0; 2007 = 1.2; 2009 = 1.2) 3.5 Office bearers with the state and political parties, as well as those with a financial interest in the broadcasting industry, are excluded from possible membership on the board of the state/public broadcaster. There is no board at the ZNBC at the moment. The ZNBC Amendment Act of 2010 makes appointments to the board at the discretion of the Minister of Information, removing the role of a potentially more independent and transparent “appointments committee”. The ZNBC Amendment Act of 2002 states that the board shall consist of nine part-time directors. These directors must be Zambian citizens who permanently reside in Zambia; they are not allowed to be members of Parliament of a local authority; nor can they be an office bearer or employee of any political party or a relative of such a person, among other stipulations. The law does not state that board members cannot have personal financial interests in the broadcasting industry. “The number one consideration for board members will undoubtedly be based on loyalty to the ruling party.” AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER ZAMBIA 2011 45