1.4. Entry into and practices of the journalistic profession is legally unrestricted. Analysis: There is a wide lack of regulation related to the Journalist profession in Mozambique allowing any person unable to get employment to declare they are journalists. SCORES: Individual scores: 5; 5; 5; 5; 5; 5; 5; 5; 5; 5 Average score: 5.0 1.5. Protection of confidential sources of information is guaranteed by law. Analysis: Both the country’s Constitution and the Media Law (Press Law), specifically in their Article 30, recognise the professional secrecy of journalists. However this is a matter of concern because the judicial magistrates show lack of knowledge of the legislation in relation to this issue, particularly the Media Law (Press Law). SCORES: ndividual scores: 5; 5; 5; 5; 5; 5; 5; 5; 5; 5; Average score: 5.0 1.6. Public information is easily accessible, guaranteed by law, to all citizens, including journalists. Analysis: The administrative information is not easily accessible in Mozambique. MISA-Mozambique submitted to Parliament a draft proposal on the Right to Information Act, on 30 November 2005. The draft aims at filling in the gap in that area. SCORES: Individual scores: 1; 1; 1; 4; 1; 1; 1; 1; 1; 2 Average score: 1.4 1.7. Civil society in general and media lobby groups actively advance the cause of media freedom. Analysis: The prevailing situation indicates that civil society organisations are not aware that their existence can not be effective without the media, hence they do very little to actively encourage and promote Media Freedom. There is a clear lack of media culture within the Mozambique civil society organisations, which still is, in reality, very incipient. As evidence of this (lack of a media culture) many civil society organisations do not subscribe to at least one paper. They think that their only task is to build So This Is Democracy? 2007 -178- Media Institute of Southern Africa