relation to rights and opportunities for women and men in the media. SCORES: Individual scores: Average score: 4.6. 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 3 2.0 Journalists and editors do not practice self-censorship. ANALYSIS: A tendency to self-censorship still persists among some journalists, who deliberately omit facts, resulting from a party-political legacy. This trend is only slowly giving way to the greater openness that Angolan society is enjoying today with the advent of multi-party democracy. SCORES: Individual scores: Average score: 4.7. 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 1.0 Owners of private media do not interfere with editorial independence. ANALYSIS: To some degree, owners interfere with editorial independence, typified in the way the news material is treated – be it in newspapers or at radio stations. SCORES: Individual scores: Average score: 4.8. 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1 1.4 Salary levels and general working conditions for journalists and other media practitioners are adequate to discourage corruption. ANALYSIS: There is a table of salaries for public servants and public media workers, but there is also an obvious policy – especially in the state media – of favouring staff members connected to the ruling elite by providing them with goods beyond the financial possibilities of media workers, and there are cases where remuneration is made outside of these standards. In the public/state media, salaries range from 100 US$ to about 4,000 US$. In the private media, salaries are relatively low, ranging from 50 US$ to about 2,000 US$. At Rádio Ecclésia, one of the few broadcasters totally independent of the state, salaries range from 50 US$ to about 1,000 US$. Recently, the Angolan Journalists’ Trade Union negotiated with the management of the various media outlets a collective agreement that defines salary levels for the various categories of journalists. In accordance with this table, salaries range from 200 US$ to 1.200 US$. These figures have been overtaken by salary increases in the state media and therefore the table is now under review. Generally, the majority of journalists cannot afford the bare necessities, making them vulnerable to corruption. As for working conditions, these are rudimentary, with inadequate technical equipment. There are cases of shortages of work materials and in many radio stations the So This Is Democracy? 2005 -187- Media Institute of Southern Africa