SECTOR 1 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 (2009: 4.9; 2007: 4.6; 2005: 4.7) 1.7 Confidential sources of information protected by law and/or the courts. are The 2006 Anti-Corruption Act provides some protection to whistleblowers. However, the 1938 Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act requires anyone – journalists included – to disclose their source of information if ordered by a court to do so. Refusal can result in a conviction for contempt of court. In practice, journalists have been subpoenaed and forced to give evidence during criminal proceedings. There is nothing in the constitution or any other law that gives real protection for journalists wishing to protect their sources in the interests of media freedom and free expression. Instead, any protection that exists in, for example, the Anti-Corruption Act is specific to that law, and thereby only provides a limited safeguard for journalists. 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: 2.0 (2009: 2.0; 2007: 1.0; 2005: 1.0) AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER SWAZILAND 2011 19