SECTOR 2 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: ✓✓✓✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓ 3.9 (2005 = n/a; 2007 = n/a; 2009 = n/a; 2011 = n/a; 2014 = 3.5) 2.11 The country has a coherent ICT policy and/or the government implements promotional measures, which aim to meet the information needs of all citizens, including marginalised communities. There are several laws that negate the constitutional guarantee of freedom of expression, amongst them are the Cinematograph Act, the Public Service Act, the Media Practitioners Act, the National Security Act, the Cybercrime and Computer Related Crimes Act of 2007, the Corruption and Economic Crime Act of 1994; Sections 50 and 51 of the Penal Code on seditious offences, Sections 90 to 92 of the Penal Code containing provisions on insult laws, and Sections 192 to 199 of the Penal Code providing for criminal defamation. ‘It is a mark of authoritarianism when you have a whole list of legal instruments that take away what the Constitution attempts to entrench. According to my last count, there are about five pieces of legislation that take away what the Constitution attempts to guarantee so that in the end there is hardly any freedom of expression.’ Most laws have not been in use; citizens have, however, been charged with sedition. Alleged defamation usually results in civil cases or administrative action due to the fact that criminal cases are lengthy, and ‘if you wait for the criminal case to take its course and complete...you may close the door for disciplinary action which must be taken within a reasonable period of time.’ The policy objectives are as follows: (a) To create an enabling environment for the growth of an ICT industry in the country; (b) To provide universal service and access to information and communication facilities in the country; and AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER BOTSWANA 2018 35