casting landscape. Ndlangamandla assured SMN that the Swaziland Broadcasting Bill and other media-related bills were ready to be tabled in Parliament. MPs bar ICT minister from House of Assembly for failing to rescind ban In July 23 2015, Members of Parliament (MPs) barred ICT Minister, Dumisani Ndlangamandla, from the House of Assembly for failing to implement a resolution they made on June 3 that he rescind a ban imposed on politicians preventing them from accessing the state broadcast media. A week earlier, when addressing the MPs, Ndlangamandla was quoted as saying: “What is there to revoke because when I came into office there was no instrument stopping MPs from stateowned media. “ He seemed to be unaware that in 2012, the Ministry under his predecessor Winnie Magagula, introduced the Public Service Announcement Guidelines of the Swaziland Broadcasting and Information Services (SBIS) which amongst many other things would not allow the broadcast “of any public service announcement that does not support government’s agenda.”2 According to the same guidelines, only ministers and government officials have unlimited access to broadcast media provided they limit their communication to government business. During the July Parliamentary session, Manzini North MP, Jan Sithole raised the motion that the Minister should justify why he should not held in contempt of Parliament for failing to implement 2 h t t p : / / w w w. o b s e r v e r. o r g . s z / i n d e x . php?news=41420 SBIS Not Allowed To Broadcast Anti-Govt Sentiments - Public Service Announcement Guidelines of the Swaziland Broadcasting and Information Service 72 So This is Democracy? 2015 a House resolution. The Minister explained that after hearing the concerns of the MPs he held a meeting with directors of broadcasting instructing them to feature MPs talking on government issues. He added that his Ministry was working on regulations to guard the operations of the media so they were not subject to misuse. He said the regulations still had to be presented to Parliament. To date he has failed to implement the Parliament resolution. Digital migration delay Even though the ICT ministry assured Swazis that the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) deadline set for digital migration was on track, the switchover failed to take place on the set date of June 15 or the extended deadline of December 31. The explanation given was that the kingdom was being held back by its telecoms agreements with its two neighbours, South Africa and Mozambique.