broadcasting has the potential to divide the nation on tribal lines. The persuasion by some MPS during the debate instilled fear in the public on community broadcasting. MISA Botswana is therefore obliged to mount more public awareness campaigns on the benefits of community radio and remove such hostility towards it. On a positive note, the country’s National Broadcasting Board (NBB) announced its intention to award three private radio stations licenses to broadcast nationwide. Two of the stations GABZ FM and Yarona FM were already broadcasting in and around the capital Gaborone while the third is a new station. The move by the NBB was heralded as a milestone in the liberation of the airwaves in the country eliminating the monopoly by two state owned radio stations which the only ones were broadcasting nationally. (The three stations were subsequently licensed in May 2007.) MISA Botswana received a boost from the Botswana Telecommunications Authority which donated broadcasting equipment to the value of P20, 000. The equipment included, a multi-media projector, a video camera and stand, digital camera, a flip chart stand and lamp for a multimedia projector. 3.2.2. Lesotho Working with other stakeholders, MISA-Lesotho has so far been able to bring pressure to bear on the Ministry of Communications not to go ahead with the Lesotho Broadcasting Corporation Bill 2004 in its present form. As a, result the then minister of communications, science and technology indefinitely suspended the proposed Lesotho Broadcasting Corporation draft bill, which did not espouse any ideals of the internationally acknowledged principles of public service broadcasting. The national chapter, at every available forum talks about public broadcasting. This includes radio and TV slots, public forums where MISA has been invited to address participants. Campaign materials in the form of posters, flyers and t-shirts in both Sesotho and English have been produced to create awareness on transformation of the state broadcasters into public service entities. The principle of public service broadcasting is also encompassed on the draft media policy. 3.2.3 Mozambique In the year under review MISA- Mozambique in conjunction with the Danish Centre for Culture and Development trained 13 media practitioners were trained on 23rd- 25th May 2006 in Maputo, in a course on Techniques of Video Production, including Techniques of Camera, Sound and Writing. MISA Mozambique also co-organized a regional broadcasting workshop with PANOS Southern Africa in October 2006. The workshop was aimed at stimulating debate at regional level on emerging issues and challenges facing the broadcasting industry in southern Africa. It looked at issues of broadcasting regulation, broadcasting technology, community broadcasting, public service broadcasting and independent broadcasting that are facing the region. It came up with a set of recommendations to inform decisions and broadcasting debates at country level. 3.2.4 Namibia MISA Namibia made submissions on the proposed Communications Authority Act to ensure that Namibia has an independent regulatory authority. It also made submissions on community radio and public service broadcasting. MISA Namibia also voiced concern about the exclusion of the Namibia Broadcasting Corporation from the act saying transformation cannot be realizes without democratic broadcasting legislation. 26 Annual Report 2006