Botswana ANALYSIS: This is not the case in Botswana. There is, however, a desire for this to happen as expressed in Vision 2016, a set of long term policies for the country. Vision 2016’s Council and the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime are calling for whistle-blower legislation to be put in place. SCORING: Individual scores: 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Average score: 1.1 1.6 (2005 = 1.1) Public information is easily accessible, guaranteed by law, to all citizens including journalists. ANALYSIS: Although the freedom to receive information is constitutionally guaranteed, there is no freedom to seek information from government. The Civil Service Act provides that no one except the Permanent Secretary in government departments can give information to the press. There is a lot of arrogance within the civil service whose members regard themselves as gate-keepers. This attitude – rather than that of politicians - is proving to be the biggest obstacle to access information. The Vision 2016 document says that Botswana should have a Freedom of Information Act (FIOA) in place by 2016, but government has publicly stated that the country is not yet ready for this type of legislation. The Vision 2016 Council, however, is trying to expedite the process. There is also a chance that back-benchers in Parliament might push African Media Barometer - Botswana 2007 11