SECTOR 3 3.4 The state/public broadcaster is accountable to the public through a board representative of society at large and selected in an independent, open and transparent manner. The state broadcaster has no board. Instead, it is a department within the Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology. The state broadcaster’s Director-General reports directly to the Ministry’s PS, and is on par with other directors within the ministry. The draft media policy does not address the issue of government’s direct control of the state broadcaster. The 2008 Communications Policy, however, envisages the transformation of the Lesotho National Broadcasting Service (LNBS) “into a public service broadcaster” through the “corporatizing” of the LNBS. The new “corporatized” broadcaster will be “accountable to an independent board with the goal of serving the public interest”. However, details of this “corporatization” process are not spelled out further in the policy. The 2008 Communications Policy does not go into detail with regards to how the LNBS’s “independent” board will be appointed, nor does it bear any indication of how its independence will be guaranteed. 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: 1.0 (2008 = 1.0; 2006 = 1.0) AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER LESOTHO 2010 43