MISA ANNUAL REPORT 2020 The licensing of Mbembesi Development Trust, trading as, Ingqanga FM, Ntepe Manama Community Radio Trust, and Nyangani Community Radio Trust, trading as, Nyangani FM, is in line with the African Charter on Broadcasting’s three-tier broadcasting system. The three-tier system comprises public, commercial and community broadcasting , that MISA Zimbabwe, together with the Zimbabwe Association of Community Radio Stations (ZACRAS), has incessantly been advocating for over the years in conformity with regional and international instruments that Zimbabwe is party to. The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) on 17 December 2020 announced the granting of the three community radio licences as well as two campus radio licences to the Midlands State University and University of Zimbabwe. In May 2020, Great Zimbabwe University in Masvingo Province, became the first university in Zimbabwe to get a campus radio broadcasting licence. Impact In pushing for the licensing of community radio stations under its protracted Free the Airwaves Campaign, MISA Zimbabwe established preparatory Community Radio Initiatives throughout the country. The newly licensed Ntepe Manama Community Radio Trust in Matabeleland South province, is one such initiative. ‘‘ In May 2020, Great Zimbabwe University in Masvingo Province, became the first university in Zimbabwe to get a campus radio broadcasting licence. 15 https://zimbabwe.misa.org