assisting the retrenched ANZ journalists with space for meetings, email facilities at MISAZimbabwe’s office and legal funding. The chapter has established an Emergency Fund that has so far assisted The Tribune newspaper with three computers following the theft of 20 computers from the newspaper’s offices. 5.4. Training Seminars and Consultations 5.4.1. Regional 5.4.1.1. MISA Information and Advocacy Officers’ Training Seminar A training activity took place in Cape Town, South Africa, from May 12 to 15, 2003, and incorporated MISA Information Officers and Advocacy Officers, Gender Monitors (Gender and Media Baseline Study) and selected resource persons. In preparing for the training workshop, the Regional Manager: Media Freedom Monitoring compiled two booklets ie. a training and reference manual for MISA Information Officers (Writing • Advocacy • Lobbying) and a resource guide on media freedom and freedom of expression with guidelines on human rights/media freedom monitoring. Name Chapter/ Organisation 1 2 Tom Mapasela Carmen Cupido MISA- Lesotho MISA-Namibia 3 4 Jeanette Minnie Phumelele Dlamini International Freedom of Expression Consultant MISA- Swaziland 5 Innocent Chitosi NAMISA (MISA Malawi) 6 7 Brian Muletambo Gustavo Mahogue MISA Zambia MISA- Mozambique 8 9 Marko Gideon Luis Araujo MISA Tanzania MISA- Angola 10 Zoé Titus MISA- Regional Office 11 12 Eric Libongani Jennifer Mufune MISA- Regional Office MISA-Regional Office 13 Yuyo Nanchali Kambikambi AFRONET (Zambia) 14 Charles Cisala ZAMWATCH, (Zambia) 15 Takura Zhangazha MISA- Zimbabwe 16 17 Rashweat Mukundu Ambrose Zwane MISA- Zimbabwe Gender Links, SMEGWA, Swaziland 18 Keabonye Ntabane Gender Links/ Women’s NGO Coalition 19 Jude Mathurine MISA- South Africa 20 Caroline Phiri-Lubwika MISA-Botswana The varied skills levels of information officers make it difficult to devise relevant training activities. Despite the training, there are still major deviations from a standardised alerts format. MISA Annual Report (April 2003 – March 2004) 41