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BROADCAST/TELECOM UPDATE – JANUARY 2009 The updates are a monthly information service of topical issues in the broadcasting/telecommunications/ICT sector in Southern Africa. See MISA position on the issue of the month in ‘Note from the Editor’. In this issue: Zimbabweans’ ability to use mobile phones under threat due to a restrictive billing system. |
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Zimbabwe:
Billing system deprives right to communicate MISA Zimbabwe has decried the situation in which several subscribers with mobile phone service providers are inconvenienced as they fail to phone or replenish their accounts after the service providers switched their payment system from Zimbabwe dollars to a new foreign currency payment system. Read more |
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Malawi:
Joy Radio station scores major victory over regulatory body The High Court in Malawi has declared that the decision by the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) to revoke Joy Radio's license was unconstitutional, ultra vires, and unreasonable, effectively dismissing all cases in which MACRA has been challenging the private radio station. According to the latest ruling it means there is no case between Joy Radio and MACRA. Read more |
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Swaziland:
Issuing of radio licenses to be delayed further The applicants short-listed for the four radio licenses that were approved by the Swazi government last year have to wait longer for the licenses. This is because the application process has to start afresh, according to the regulator, the Swaziland Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (SPTC) Read more |
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Zambia:
Government challenged to implement IBA and ZNBC amendments |
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South Africa: SABC Journalists
facing intimidation |
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Namibia:
MISA calls for the release of Jestina Mukoko The Media Institute of Southern Africa has expressed deep concern and shock over the abduction of Zimbabwean broadcaster and civic leader Jestina Mukoko who was abducted from her home on December 3. Read more |
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South
Africa: Film & publication bill rejected The South African Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa has welcomed President Kgalema Motlanthe’s decision not to sign the Film & Publications Amendment Bill, citing that sections of the Bill are unconstitutional. Although Parliament passed the contentious Amendment Bill, the President has returned the matter back to legislature for further discussion. Read more |
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South Africa: ICASA to hold hearing on SABC blacklisting complaint The “Save Our SABC Coalition” (“SOS”) has welcomed the long awaited hearing of the Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) complaint against the SABC by the Complaints and Compliance Committee of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, ICASA. The hearing has been set for March 2009. Read more |
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Zimbabwe: Broadcaster’s bid to retrench journalists fails Zimbabwe’s Retrenchment Board has ruled against the state owned Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings’ (ZBH) bid to retrench six of journalists who were suspended in June 2008 on allegations of ‘acting in a manner inconsistent with the fulfilment of their contracts.” Read more |
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Swaziland: Pressure groups demand access to state media On January 12 Swaziland’s pressure groups comprising political parties, trade unions and other civic organisations petitioned the Prime Minister, Sibusiso Dlamini, to demand a number of things including access to state media. Pressure groups are currently banned from state media. Read more |
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South Africa: Internet usage increases The number of internet users in South
Africa has increased at the fastest rate since 2001, according
to a study released in December 2008. |
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NOTE FROM THE EDITOR We report in this issue that the government of Zimbabwe
has granted cell phone providers permission to bill subscribers
in foreign currency. The move affects subscribers across the three
networks Telecel, Econet Wireless and NetOne. Read
more |
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