Swaziland SCORES: Individual scores: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Average score: 1.0 3.5 (2005=1.0) The public broadcaster is accountable to the public through a board representative of society at large and selected in an independent, open and transparent manner. ANALYSIS: The Swaziland Broadcasting and Information Services (SBIS) are state-owned and accountable only to government. The service operates as a department within government and therefore does not have a board. Swazi TV is a parastatal established under the STVA Act. The Minister for Information directly appoints the STVA board. There are no measures in place to ensure the board is representative of society and accountable to the public. It should be noted that the recently drafted Public Service Broadcasting Corporation Draft Bill aims to transform both SBIS and Swazi TV into full public broadcasters with a single board appointed through an open and transparent process. SCORES: Individual scores: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Average score: 1.0 African Media Barometer - Swaziland 2007 (2005=1.5) 27