new water wells; they clearly show lack of knowledge regarding the concept that peoples’ awareness can only be effectively done with the help and usage of the media. The situation is of such concern that even the Human Rights League (LDH), one of the most prominent civil society organisations in Mozambique, does not use correctly and effectively the media to create awareness among the people about what human rights are. The very few times that the Mozambican civil society organisations call a press conference, it becomes clear that their own leaders want to “call the attention of the public upon themselves” most of the times with futilities and vanities that have little news value and public interest. On the occasion of the “Mabáruè case”, in May 2006, only MISA-Mozambique took a public position, thus suggesting that for all the other civil society organisations, questions linked to the Freedom of Expression and Media Freedom are simply not relevant. SCORES: Individual scores: 1; 1; 1; 1; 1; 2; 1; 1; 1; 1 Average score: 1.1 Overall Sector Score: 3.1 Sector II: The media landscape is characterised by diversity, independence and sustainability. 2.1. A wide range of sources of information (print, broadcasting, internet) is available and affordable to citizens. Analysis: There are information sources but they are not accessible. Some people with financial power are unfamiliar with and neglect media reports due to a lack of culture of information. Access to radio is reasonable. In territorial terms, radio, especially in the evening, covers the whole territory. However in terms of listenership it reaches about 90% of the population. Television covers about 70% of the territory and about 50% of the population. The newspaper readership is not wider than 2.5% of the population. Access to Internet is even smaller! It is important to note that access to the media does not necessarily mean access to information. For instance, those that do not have a TV set in their homes go to their neighbours’ houses on time to watch TV soap serials but not news programmes. Public media organisations should have the obligation of supplying a lot of information of public interest. SCORES: Individual scores: 3; 2; 3; 2; 3; 2; 2; 3; 2; 3 Average score: 2.5 2.2. Citizens’ access to domestic and international media sources is not restricted by state authorities. Analysis: There are no restrictions against both domestic and international media in Mozambique. So This Is Democracy? 2007 -179- Media Institute of Southern Africa