CONTENTS Foreword 2013 4 Message from the Chairperson of the Trust Fund Board 6 Message from the Chariperson of the Regional Governing Council 7 What We Do and Where We Work 8 Media Freedom Research and Monitoring 10 Published in Namibia by MISA in 2014. The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) is the primary advocate for media freedom and freedom of expression in southern Africa. MISA’s work focuses on making sustainable, lasting changes to the media landscape in the southern Africa region that will make our countries safer places for journalists to work and more conducive for media freedom and freedom of expression. We do this through activities including: 2013 Media Freedom Violations 16 MISA Research Projects 18 Media Law, Policy and Advocacy Campaigns 22 Children and the Media 26 Freedom of Expression Online 32 Botswana 36 Advocating for changes to restrictive laws Lesotho 37 Advocating for development of positive legislation, such as access to information laws; Malawi 38 Researching and publishing reports on media violations and the state of the media environment in southern African countries; and Namibia 39 Supporting greater professionalism among journalists by building capacity through training, workshops, seminars and other educational platforms and by producing research and information resources. For more infomration visit: www.misa.org MISA authors and editors: Zoe Titus, Alexandra Peard and Jessica Duffy Cover photo: Various newspapers and publications from southern African countries. Photo: Alexandra Peard, MISA Regional Secretariat, 2014. Swaziland 40 Tanzania 41 Zambia 42 Zimbabwe 43 Financial report 44 MISA Regional Governing Council 50 Contact Us 51 ISBN 978-99916-62-36-7 2 3