SECTOR 3 Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator. 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 1.0 (2008: 1.0 ; 2006:1.0) 3.4 The state/public broadcaster is accountable to the public through a board representative of society at large and selected in an independent, open and transparent manner. Analysis: According to the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation Act of 2001 it is the minister in charge of broadcasting who appoints the members of the ZBC board “after consultation with the President and in accordance with any directions that the President may give him”. The Minister of Media, Information and Publicity appointed the new ZBC board in this manner in September 2009. It comprises Cuthbert Dube, the founder of the Public Services Medical Aid Society as chair and Doreen Sibanda, the national executive director of the National Gallery, as deputy chair. Sibanda is the wife of Misheck Sibanda, principal secretary to the President and the Cabinet. The other members of the board are three retired army generals, two former ZBC employees, a bishop, a musician and a lawyer. The composition of the new board and the appointment process were not contested by the MDC, presumably because the issue had not been dealt with in the “Global Political Agreement”. AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER ZIMBABWE 2010 47