Questionable human resource management practices occur mainly in the private sector, where journalists often have no social protection, particularly medical aid, life insurance or insurance against accidents in the workplace. Furthermore, there are no industry standards for the media in Mozambique that all companies in the sector must observe. Some two or three years ago, the Ministry of Labour conducted a series of inspections of media companies in order to verify the extent to which they were complying with labour legislation. his move was interpreted by some as an attempt to silence the independent press through ines. However, the Ministry of Labour argued that in fact, the purpose of the inspections was to protect media workers from possible exploitation by their employers and that the exercise did not cover just media companies. Panellists expressed a need for the sector’s professional organisations, in particular the SNJ and employers, to engage in consultations to establish minimum salary requirements for the industry. It was noted that while there is no plausible justiication for corruption, journalists’ poor working conditions and salaries contribute to such practices. 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: 2.1 (2005 = n/a; 2007 = n/a; 2009 = 2.9) 4.9 Media professionals have access to training facilitates offering formal qualiication programmes as well as opportunities to upgrade skills. Mozambique currently has four higher education institutions ofering media courses in Maputo and Nampula. Two of these – the Higher School of Journalism and the School of Communication and Arts in Eduardo Mondlane University – ofer courses in journalism (academic qualiication). However, there is no collaboration between these institutions and the media industry with a view to 122 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER MOZAMBIQUE 2011