MOZAMBIQUE programmes where the listeners participate through the telephone and sending through SMS’s. In reality, anyone both from the ruling party and from any other political party can participate in these programmes. There are problems concerning the sorting of news, in most cases the sorting is in accordance with governmental hierarchies. During the period of electoral campaign the information balance is further stumped down as the ruling party, Frelimo, is always mostly benefited. Individual scores: 3; 4; 5; 4; 4; 4; 3; 3; 3; 4 Average score: 3.7 3.12. The public broadcaster offers as much diverse and creative local content as economically achievable. Analysis: The public broadcasters stopped depending from foreign sources to guarantee their broadcasts for some time now. As far as music is concerned, a lot of locally produced music is broadcast by the public broadcasters (radio and television), which is a welcomed change from the recent past, where the music played was mainly from DRC and South Africa. Although what is done in terms of local content is reasonable, taking into consideration the financial situation, more could still be done. Individual scores: 4; 4; 4; 4; 4; 4; 5; 4; 4; 3 Average score: 4.0 Average score Sector III: 2.0 African Media Barometer - Mozambique 2007 21