SECTOR 1 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: 4.9 (2008 = n/a; 2006 = n/a) 1.6 Entry into and practice of the journalistic profession is legally unrestricted. Journalists do not need to be registered or accredited to practise journalism. 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: 5.0 (2008 = 5.0; 2006 = 5.0) 1.7 Confidential sources of information protected by law and/or the courts. are Section 205 of the Criminal Procedures Act 1977 empowers the courts to imprison any person who refuses to give information relating to a criminal investigation. After this section had been used to try to pressurise journalists to reveal their sources, the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) and the government agreed in 1999 to investigate the amending of this section. There AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER SOUTH AFRICA 2010 17