treasury to buy a flat in Lisbon. Silva said that he is also suing the paper that printed the libel, the Maputo weekly "Zambeze", and is seeking substantial damages. Faruk Gadit is a former colonial administrator who has already clashed with Silva and the Prime Minister's son, Nelson Diogo, on other matters. Gadit reported Silva and Diogo to the media and the Central Office for the Fight Against Corruption (GCCC), which operates out of the Attorney-General's office. The central claims were that a company part-owned by Silva, is worth US$1.8 million is a lie, when in fact it was worth only US$133 868. Responding to Silva's letter, Zambeze management protests that the newspaper was only reporting the fact that Gadit had made a complaint to the GCCC. • ALERT Date: April 3, 2007 Persons: Anti-Corruption Forum Violation: Victory Mozambique’s National Anti-Corruption Forum has decided that in future all its meetings will be public. The 78 member Forum, launched by President Armando Guebuza on March 14, held its first ordinary meeting on March 30 – and several members were surprised to find that, after the formal introductory speech by the Forum chairperson, Prime Minister Luisa Diogo, journalists were asked to leave the room. According to the anti-corruption NGO, the Centre for Public Integrity (CIP), its representative raised the issue during the meeting, pointing out that the Forum needs to hold its meeting in public, in order to acquire credibility. In the ensuing debate, some members of the Forum claimed that the presence of journalists might inhibit the discussions. Others suggested that the Forum appoint a spokesperson to brief journalists at the end of each session. However, those who took these positions were in a minority, and the dominant position, according to CIP, was that meetings should be entirely open to the press. CIP believed that this principle would be enshrined in the final version of the Forum’s internal regulations • ALERT Date: March 31, 2007 Persons: Celso Manguana Violation: Detained Celso Manguana, a journalist on the daily newsheet ‘Canal de Mocambique’, was arrested on March 31 and held for three days on charges of "insulting" the police. His arrest follows his inquiry, at the police station in the inner Maputo neighbourhood of AltoMae, for information about the people arrested on a demonstration that morning which had demanded the resignation of Defence Minister Tobias Dai. When the police declined to give any useful information, Manguana called them "incompetent". He was promptly arrested for "insulting authority". Manguana was finally released late on April 3 but only after Attorney-General Joaquim Madeira, and the chairperson of the Human Rights League (LDH), Alice Mabota, had intervened. April 3, 2007: Celso Manguana was released. • UPDATE Date: February 20, 2007 Persons: Carlos Cardoso Violation: Killed So This Is Democracy? 2007 -60- Media Institute of Southern Africa