State of the media in Southern Africa - 2003 2002 – No award was presented in 2002. MISA celebrated its 10th anniversary in Maputo, Mozambique 2003 - Dr. Augusto Raul Paulino hrough the award MISA recognizes the incalculable contribution made by Judge Paulino to the judicial process in Mozambique, as well as access to information and freedom of expression in the region. Judge Paulino presided over the celebrated trial and conviction of six men accused of murdering Carlos Cardoso, one of Mozambique’s top investigative journalists. The trial was hailed widely as both a triumph of the openness of the court proceedings and an indictment of the corruption among the country’s rich and powerful. By allowing the electronic media to cover the case live Judge Paulino gave the public an opportunity to form its own opinion and that has been a major step and a positive example for the whole continent to emulate. Although many Mozambicans may not be satisfied by the outcome, they have witnessed that the judicial system can work. T So This Is Democracy? 2003 157 Media Institute of Southern Africa