GLOSSARY
Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act
(AIPPA)
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
African Comprehensive HIV-AIDS Partnership (ACHAP)
African National Congress (ANC)
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ)
Broadcasting Services Act (BSA)
Catholic Media Services (CMS)
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Electoral Communications Authority (ECA)
Freedom of Information (FOI)
Gender and Media Southern Africa (GEMSA)
Gender and Media Southern Africa Tanzania (GEMSAT)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA)
Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA)
Interception of Communications Act (ICA)
Information Communication Technologies (ICTs)
Lesotho Telecommunications Authority Act (LTAA)
Media Complaints Commission (MCC)
Media Council of Zambia (MECOZ)
Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA)
Media Information Commission (MIC)
Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe (MMPZ)
Millennium Challenge Account Building Organisational Network for Good Governance and Advocacy
(MCA-Bonga)
Media Action Plan (MAP)
Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC)
Namibia Editors’ Forum (NEF)

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Netherlands Institute of Southern Africa (NiZA)
Network of African Freedom of Expression Organisations (NAFEO)
Non-governmental organisation (NGO)
Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA)
Open Society Initiative (OSI)
Organisational Development (OD)
Preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT)
Public Order and Security Act (POSA)
Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP)
South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)
South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF)
South West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO)
Southern Africa Institute for Media Entrepreneurship
and Development (SAIMED)
Southern Africa Media Development Fund (SAMDEF)
Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Southern African Media Lawyers Network (SAMLN)
The African Editors Forum (TAEF)
Tanzania Media Women’s Association (TAMWA)
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
United Nations Information Centre (UNIC)
Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ)
Value Added Tax (VAT)
Zambia Competition Commission (ZCC)
Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC)
Zimbabwe Association of Community Radio Stations
(ZACRS)
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBH)
Zimbabwe National Editors’ Forum (ZNEF)
Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ)

Annual Report 2008

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