Botswana tion. These powers are more or less unlimited and extend to many aspects of Botswana’s public life. The case of Professor Ken Good (an Australian lecturer at the University of Botswana) – where the President used his powers to declare him a Prohibited Immigrant (PI) – is seen as proof that these powers are still being exercised from time to time. Government also still upholds the need for the National Security Act (NSA) as a defense against anything which might threaten the security of the country or – even more broadly - any other act that is against the interests of the country. Now it is widely expected that the NSA is going to be bolstered even further by the proposed Security and Intelligence Services Bill, which provides for the possibility of greater incursions into citizens’ privacy. Already the Police Act allows the police to monitor people’s land line and cellular phones. SCORES: Individual scores: 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 1, 2, 2 Average score: 2.3 1.2 (2005 = 2.6) The right to freedom of expression is practiced and citizens, including journalists, are asserting their rights without fear. ANALYSIS: Most media workers are concerned not so much about freedom of expression as such but rather about the control of the free flow of information in the country. A lot of information is being classified as privileged by the authorities even though it may be quite innocuAfrican Media Barometer - Botswana 2007 5