SECTOR 3 the country’s districts. However, public television leaves much to be desired in this regard, as illustrated by the large amount of broadcast time taken up by foreign soap operas and repeats of old programmes, some of which are over 20 years old. his problem is due to shortcomings in the law. As there is no law on broadcasting, there is no legal way of forcing public (and even private) broadcasters to ensure a given portion of local content. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 4.5 (2005 = 2.3; 2007 = 4.0; 2009 = 4.2) 3.12 Community broadcasting enjoys special promotion by the government given its potential to broaden access by communities to the airwaves. In the absence of speciic regulations on community broadcasting, this sector does not beneit from any special promotion in Mozambique. Community broadcasting that is relatively well developed in the country has expanded primarily due to the generosity of the donor community, rather than as a result of deliberate eforts by the State. Consequently, in the case of both licensing and payment of radiospectrum fees, community radios are treated in exactly the same way as commercial radios. Panellists warned, however, that recently there has been pressure by some district governments and municipal authorities on community radios as they want to take them over. In this regard, reference was made to cases of oicial attempts by the Mecanhelas district administration (Niassa Province) to take over the Mira-Lago community radio. Another example noted occurred in Dondo (Sofala Province). AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER MOZAMBIQUE 2011 113