SECTOR 3 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: ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ 1.4 (2005 = n/a; 2007 = n/a; 2009 = 1.0; 2011 = 1.4; 2014 = 2.0) 3.3 The body, which regulates broadcasting services and licences, does so in the public interest and ensures fairness and a diversity of views broadly representing society at large. Considering how the body is constituted, it exemplifies the notion that BOCRA board members .’..owe allegiance to the minister and by extension...’ to the government and the ruling party. ‘Looking at the calibre of the people on the board...it also confirms that this body is designed to suit a particular interest.’ While it may be difficult to prove, panellists believed the board’s allegiance would be reflected in their decision-making and hence, the body is thought to regulate in the interest of the government and not society at large. Radio Botswana 1 and 2, and Btv, the state broadcasters, are not regulated by BOCRA. ‘From experience, BOCRA concerns itself a lot more with issues of compliance... they are just enforcing the regulations.’ ‘The people at BOCRA you deal with as a broadcaster are employees, not the board directly.’ BOCRA employees are predominantly concerned with the enforcement of the regulations, including issues of licensing and compliance. Following the homophobic sentiments against the LGBTI community made by US Pastor Anderson during a live interview on a Gabz FM morning show, BOCRA pushed the station into installing a radio delay unit. The unit enables the delay of radio signals by 6 seconds, which was explained by BOCRA as a request made in the interest of the larger public good by preventing the airing of hate speech. 42 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER BOTSWANA 2018