candidates, and that the selection process is transparent and open. When viewed collectively, the board members must be: • Suitably qualified, and have the relevant expertise and experience • “Committed to fairness, freedom of expression, the right of the pubic to be informed, and openness and accountability on the part of those holding public office” • Represent a broad cross-section of the population • Committed to the objectives and principles of the SABC. Turning to community broadcasting, the Act states that licensed community broadcasters must be “managed and controlled by a board which must be democratically elected from members of the community” (Section 32). Furthermore, the community broadcaster “must reflect the needs of the people in the community” and must “provide a distinct broadcasting service dealing specifically with community issues which are not normally dealt with by the broadcasting service covering the same area”. Community broadcasters should be non-profit organisations, in that “all surplus fundsM must be invested for the benefit of the particular community”. The regulator has a responsibility for ensuring this is the case. Chapter V of the Act deals with commercial broadcasting which, when viewed collectively, must: • Provide a diverse range of programming addressing a wide section of the South African public • Provide programming in all South African official languages • Provide comprehensive coverage of the areas that they are licensed to serve. Meanwhile, the programming of commercial broadcasters must: • Reflect the culture, character, needs an aspiration of the people of the regions they are licensed to serve, as defined by their licence conditions • Provide an appropriate amount of local content. • Include news and information on a regular basis • Meet the highest standards of journalistic professionalism Such provisions of the Act, including the amount of local content that broadcasters should air, are expanded upon in subsequent regulations and individual licence conditions laid down by the regulator. The Act (Chapter IX) also provides for the establishment of a body to advise the Minister on how the development, production and distribution of South African radio and television programmes can be supported. Furthermore, Chapter X of the Act requires all licensees to comply with policies relating to skills and human resource development as determined by the regulator. Namibia Media Law Audit – report final draft 44