Namibia dent Nujoma, now president of SWAPO. Some critics claim that as a result of this unresolved leadership issue, Nujoma is in fact still running the country, through SWAPO. • The fact that there is still outdated legislation on the statute books and the sluggish process of implementing new legislation. This could be a result of the weakness of the legislature, with the executive dominating the parliamentary process and thus undermining much of the work the legislature should do, such as the repeal of outdated laws and the introduction of policies and bills, for example. • MISA Namibia’s apparent inactivity. Some of the activities needed over the next few year: • MISA Namibia and the Editor’s Forum need to be strengthened and should be much more active. • A media council should be established as a matter of urgency. • MISA Namibia needs to involve civil society more in its activities and lobbying. The Namibian chapter needs to lobby for the creation of an independent broadcasting complaints commission, a “people’s board”. • The media as a whole needs to be more active in informing civil society about issues of media freedom, freedom of expression and human rights in general. • MISA Namibia and other institutions should prepare for intervention when the draft media policy is finally published. • Pressure should be put on the Ministry of Information and African Media Barometer - Namibia 2007 57