SECTOR 4 Panellists felt that journalists should be more responsible and sensitive in their reporting, with reference being made of articles about the ill and dying wife of jailed Nation editor, Makhubu. One-sided reporting is also a problem in Swaziland, and this has led to inaccuracies such as the Swazi Mirror’s wide coverage of the chief justice accusing people of wanting to overthrow the king. “This was a misleading article, as those accused were not given the right to reply.” One-sided articles are at times a result of certain sources refusing to comment. 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: 3.0 (2005: 2.6; 2007: 2.6; 2009: 3.4; 2011: 3.1) 4.2 The media follow voluntary codes of professional standards, which are enforced by independent/ nonstatutory bodies that deal with complaints from the public. As mentioned in the previous indicator, SNAJ has a voluntary code of journalistic ethics, which was developed with the Swaziland Editors Forum, journalists and editors. However, the degree to which it is followed and/or enforced is uncertain. Editors within the various media houses are meant to familiarise journalists with the code and ensure that it is followed, but whether this is done in practice is questionable. The voluntary, self-regulatory Media Complaints Commission (MCC) established in 2011 was formed in response to government threats to set up a statutory body through the 2007 Media Commission Bill. The motivation for establishing the MCC was also to take adversarial action against the media out of the court arena. Initially driven by MISA Swaziland, the MCC office is housed at the MISA premises and headed by a Media Ombudsman, Jabu Matsebula, to whom people can lodge AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER Swaziland 2014 57