Swaziland shop was attended by a majority of the committee members including chairperson, MP Patrick Motsa. Principal Secretary in the ICT Ministry, Sikelela Dlamini and Director for Information and Media Development, Phesheya Dube, were also in attendance. The Portfolio Committee pledged full support to MISA’s ATI Campaign. Division across lines of location - privately owned media and state controlled media – has made it difficult to bring journalists together and this has left them vulnerable to exploitation by media owners. ed division among media practitioners. Division across lines of location - privately owned media and state controlled media – has made it difficult to bring journalists together and this has left them vulnerable to exploitation by media owners. With the exception of the Swazi Observer and Swaziland Television Association (STVA), all other media houses are preventing their staff to join a workers union. The Swaziland National Association of Journalists and the Media Workers Union of Swaziland have protested the fact that media houses are disregarding the provision of this fundamental right as contained in the Constitution and the Industrial Relations Act. This has discouraged media organisations from calling a meeting for their members and prospective members to discuss issues affecting their lives in the workplace. Whilst awaiting the enactment of the Swaziland Broadcasting Bill into law, SMN had mounted a community broadcasting campaign aimed at raising awareness. BROADCASTING Community Broadcasting JOURNALIST SAFETY Developments in the media industry Swaziland’s media has grappled in uniting collectively around issues that impact on the sector and efforts to revitalise and strengthen the Swaziland National Association of Journalists (SNAJ) and Media Union of Swaziland (MWUS) continued to be frustrated by deep-root- In November 2015, the Swaziland Community Radio Network (SRCN) was relaunched as the Swaziland Multimedia Network (SMN). This is an amalgamation of the six communities interested in establishing their own local radio stations. During a courtesy visit, the SMN, with the support of MISA Swaziland raised concerns with the ICT Minister Dumisani Ndlangamandla over the slow pace in the implementation of the Swaziland Broadcasting Bill which has provisions allowing for a three tier broad- So This is Democracy? 2015 71