SECTOR 1 Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country minimally meets aspects of the indicator. 3 Country meets many aspects of indicator but progress may be too recent to judge. 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator. 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator and has been doing so over time. Average score: 4.7 (2005 = 4.9; 2007 = 4.7) 1.7 Confidential sources of information are protected by law and/or the courts. Analysis: Through the Magistrate’s Court Act, journalists can be forced to reveal their sources of information. Refusing to do so could mean contempt of court as the late Hannes Smith, editor of the Windhoek Observer, discovered when he was arrested and jailed in 1998 for refusing to give information about the killer of political activist Anton Lubowski. Smith was released after three days when it appeared he did in fact not have such knowledge. This is the only case to date in which a Namibian journalist has been sent to jail for not revealing his or her sources. However, in a defamation case launched by the Windhoek mayor against the tabloid Informanté in 2009, the editor refused to divulge his sources. The High Court did not insist that he do so. At the inauguration of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in 2006, President Pohamba gave the green light for a law to be created to protect whistleblowers. However, nothing had been done in this regard by May 2009. 18 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER NAMIBIA 2009