State of the media in Southern Africa - 2003 Responsibility for the development of such guidelines is shared by government and journalist associations. Government and public enterprises managers object to signing a collective agreement to improve the working conditions of journalists. In addition, tension between media associations and unions and deepening antagonism towards the government does not spell well for individual media practitioners who become more and more vulnerable to bribes to compensate low wages. So This Is Democracy? 2003 19 Media Institute of Southern Africa