Lesotho the successful establishment of the Broadcasting Dispute Resolution Panel (BDRP), in accordance with the Communications Act of 2012. The BDRP was established to resolve disputes regarding broadcast content and develop a broadcasting code. The Panel’s importance cannot be over emphasised. The challenge, however, is that the panel depends on the Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) for administrative and financial support. The BDRP has no office, administrative staff or basic resources like stationary and it clearly comes second to any of LCA’s business. Despite the lack of resources, one of the BDRP’s achievements in 2014 was to draft a broadcasting code repealing the Broadcasting Rules of 2004. The draft is ready for submission to the communications Minister, but the instability within the government and confusion over the legality of the current Minister is presenting a challenge. As a result, the Panel continues to use the existing rules, which are critizised for being biased towards broadcasters in terms of dispute settlements. Radio stations polarosed along political lines Lesotho’s radio stations have traditionally been a valuable source of information for citizens and a vibrant forum for discussion and citizen participation through the phone-in facilities. However, with the political instability, which has been growing since late 2013, Lesotho’s radio stations are no longer free. Most radio stations, both government and privatly owned, are controlled by politicians who use them as mouth pieces for advancing their political agendas. While the state owed television and ra- 32 So This is Democracy? 2014 dio are a battlefield for the three political parties in the coalition government, the privately owned are divided into congress and national ideologies. Even citizens who phone in to participate on programmes, know which radio station to say things that would be of interest to either the congress or nationals. Radio presenters do not hide their political preferences, regularly expressing opinions and emotions about issues on which they should be maintaining neutrality and upholding professionalism and media ethics. Most radio stations, both government and privatly owned, are controlled by politicians who use them as mouth pieces for advancing their political agendas. MISA Lesotho, with support from OSISA and the United Nations Development Programme Lesotho has been trying to address the situation. In December, 2014 we began implementing a training and education programe, Broadcasters’ Capacity Building on Peace Building and Conflict Reporting. The project objective is to contribute the building of peace through conflict sensitive reporting. MISA Lesotho’s initiative is comple-