impact of the campaign ha s not yet been measured, but preliminary indication is that it has set the tone for serious dialogue between civil society and government. Due to the nature and the scope of the campaign and the need to assess the progress of the campaign, it was decided to pilot the campaign in selected countries rather than roll it out in all the countries. The piloting countries are: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Tanzania. Setbacks in the media law reform process in Zambia has necessitated the ASK campaign to become active in that country. The ASK campaign recorded some success in Zambia when the Freedom of Information Bill was tabled in parliament. However, after much wrangling the Bill was withdrawn. In May 2003, the chapter launched an intensive campaign to re-introduce the Bill in parliament. The process is on-going. The campaign is being piloted at different levels and is also at different stages of development in all these respective countries. Its measurement of success and impact is also varied. In South Africa the campaign has a different dimension in the sense that such a legislation exists. The focus in South Africa therefore is to review the application and usage of the legislation and how that supports the work of journalists in that country. MISA’s research in this area revealed that South African journalists have been very slow in using the Promotion of Access to Information Act. Hence, the chapter intends to carry out activities to sensitize and educate the journalists about the law. In light of this it would be pointless for MISA to campaign for regional adoption of such legislation if citizens do not derive benefits from the legislation in those countries where it already exists. 4.2.1 Malawi In Malawi, the chapter continued its campaign to have the draft Access to information Bill adopted by government. A number of sensit ization workshops were held in the country, where media practitioners, government officials and other stakeholders were targeted. However, in August 2003, government indicated to the chapter and other stakeholders to wait until government has sensitized other senior government offic ials. This has resulted in delaying the process. 4.2.2 Mozambique In Mozambique, the chapter engaged itself in the campaign to formulate a draft Access to Information Bill during the year under review. After long consultation, a draft Access to Information Bill was presented to stakeholders for discussion and input. A workshop was organized were comments and input was presented to the taskforce. A further round of consultation was undertaken where comments and input was incorporated in the draft bill. The chapter sees the campaign as very successful as it has produced a draft bill that enjoys support and consensus from the main stakeholders including government. The chapter then engaged itself in lobbying members of parliament about the draft bill where copies of the bill was given to each parliamentarian. However, the process could not be concluded as the parliament was dissolved as general election are scheduled for later in 2004. 4.2.3 Namibia MISA-Namibia launched a public awareness and stakeholders’ campaign to include the three tiers broadcasting in the draft Communications Bill (CAN). To this effect, workshops were held with MISA Annual Report (April 2003 – March 2004) 21