Uwazi

Contents
Abbreviations and acronyms ........................................................................................................................ 4
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 5
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................. 6
CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................................................... 8
Methodology................................................................................................................................................. 8

CHAPTER TWO .............................................................................................................................................. 9
Findings ......................................................................................................................................................... 9
2.1 Legal Environment .............................................................................................................................. 9
2.1.1 ATI Bill .......................................................................................................................................... 9
2.2. Political Environment ....................................................................................................................... 12
2.2.2 New Staff .................................................................................................................................... 12
2.3 Social and Economic Environment .................................................................................................... 13
2.3.1 Digital Migration ........................................................................................................................ 13
2.3.2 Kambwili justifies journalist beatings ........................................................................................ 15
2.3.3 Elections Media Monitoring....................................................................................................... 17
2.6 Topical Issues .................................................................................................................................... 19
2.6.1 Chanda Chimba to pay Post Newspapers for defamation (Post 02.07.15)................................ 19
2.6.2 Post takes legal action against Daily Nation for Defamation (Post 01.07.15) ........................... 19
2.6.3 ZANIS operations worry Kambwili (Times of Zambia 14.05.15) ................................................ 20
2.6.4 Police caution Post editor-in-chief and two reporters (Post Newspaper 15.05.15) .................. 21
2.6.5. No adverts on credit in govt-owned media, orders Kambwili (The Post newspaper 29.04.15)
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2.6.6. Biased Media Houses lambasted (Daily Nation 20.05.15) ........................................................ 23
2.6.7 Black out herbalists, media told. (Daily Mail 06.06.15) ............................................................. 23
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