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18 December 2008: MISA Namibia appeals to judiciary to take into account challenges faced by journalists when presiding over defamation cases
Joy Radio Closure - Big Blow To Media Diversity ( )
10 December 2008: Media bodies lobby Minister of media law reforms in Zambia
Uganda gets independent media council
10 December 2008: Lawyers demand Mukoko’s release
8 December 2008, Windhoek: MISA calls for the immediate release of Jestina Mukoko
5 December 2008: MAZ Statement on the all stakeholders media law reforms conference
5th December 2008: Statement on the abduction of Jestina Mukoko
5 December 2008: MISA meets new Information Minister
4 December 2008: Media law reform conference underway in Harare
4 December 2008 : MEDIA ALLAINCE OF ZIMBABWE STATEMENT ON JESTINA MUKOKO’S ABDUCTION
4 December 2008: Peace and reconciliation message spreads
Posted to the web: 04/12/2008 11:46:15: Fears grow for missing former TV anchor
MoAfrika newspaper attacks MISA-Lesotho and UNESCO 
WAPC SAYS ZAMBIA PROPOSALS FOR STATUTORY MEDIA REGULATION UNNECESSARY & UNDEMOCRATIC
Media blackout worsens cholera threat- cost life
MISA REGIONAL STATEMENT ON WORLD AIDS DAY DECEMBER 1, 2008
25 November 2008: MISA Namibia commends editors on progress made on media self regulation in Namibia
24 November 2008: Zambian media associations reject calls for statutory regulation for the press
MISA-Namibia Board confers with Minister of Information and Communication Technology on media policy in Namibia
21 NOVEMBER 2008: MISA-NAMIBIASTATEMENT ON THE PROVISION FOR INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS IN THE DRAFT COMMUNICATIONS BILL
20 November, 2008: Newly appointed Information Minister pledges to work on pending media policies
19 November 2008: Media called upon to contribute to peace
19 November 2008: African Commission Draft decision ready in challenge to Zimbabwe's Media law
16 November 2008: African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) express concern on media and freedom of expression violations in Africa.
15 November, 2008: Don’t be campaign managers - Zambian media urged
13 November 2008: MISA ZAMBIA DISMAYED BY THE ARREST OF FR. FRANK BWALYA
13 November 2008:Coalition government's anathema to democracy- ICJ
12 November 2008: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Statement to the ACHPR on the state of Media in Southern Africa, Nigeria
12 November 2008: TV personality sues newspaper
12 November 2008: MISA-Zimbabwe statement on the State of the telecommunications sector in Zimbabwe
7 November 2008: SABC responds to charges of bias: Complaints office to be set up.
7 November 2008: Zimpapers suspends the circulation of its publications
Botswana reintroduces the Media Practitioners Bill- media stakeholder raise concern
MISA-NAMIBIA welcomes tabling of communication Bill
Announcing The 2008 John Manyarara Investigative Journalism Awards Winners
31 October 2008 : SA broadcasting moves into digital era
27 October 2008: Swaziland radio broadcast forum proposed
22 October 2008 : R1.2 million community radio building for Moletsi Community radio station
16October 2008: South Africa - Coalition Statement on the 'Save our SABC Campaign
13 October 2008: Botswana - Bank of Botswana in suppression of information scandal
14 October 2008: Expect Media policy soon, Minister tells MISA-Lesotho
14 October 2008: South Africa-SABC now reaches 20 million South Africans and now on a sound financial footing
MISA-Zimbabwe statement on proposed ICT Bill
24 September 2008 : Zambia adopts IP technology
24 September 2008 : Journalists in Zambia launch country's first breaking news site The Watchdog
22 September 2008: MISA ZAMBIA DISSAPPOINTED BY GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTS TO MUZZLE THE MEDIA
10 September 2008: Sunday Times retracts Transnet story
7 September 2008: Leading weekly dragged to Press Ombudsman
4 September 2008: Journalists Question IFJ Secretary General's Mission to Zimbabwe
30 August-1 September 2008 : MISA AGM 2008 Resolutions:Protea Waterfront Hotel, Centurion, Pretoria
1 September 2008:MISA Condolence message on the death of Zambian President H.E Levy Mwanawasa S.C
MISA Press Freedom Award Winner
20 August 2008 : Internet usage rises 165%
20 August 2008 : Media organisation apologises to Supreme Court head
20 August 2008: Members of Parliament criticise media regulation law, attack slow pace of broadcasting reform
20 August 2008: Broadcasting Digital Migration Policy approved
18 August 2008: Judicial harrassment of media condemned
12 August 2008: MISA NAMIBIA Applauds NBC
Botswana: Media Statement on Media Practitioners Bill
MISA-Zimbabwe elects new board member
MISA-Botswana rejects gazetted Media Practitioners Bill
24th July2008: Swazi NGOs challenge elections commission
22nd July 2008: MISA-Zimbabwe Statement on SADC/AU mediated Signing of MOU between political parties in Zimbabwe.
26th June 2008: Statement issued by the Southern African Legal Assistance Network on the current violence and electoral crisis in Zimbabwe
Call for Scrapping of Value Added Tax on Prepaid Mobile Communications Services
19 June 2008: Zimbabwe statement on coverage of the presidential run-off election
Statement of the Zimbabwe Fact Finding Mission of African Media Organisations: 13 June 2008. Harare, Zimbabwe
MISA Statement on the burning of The Zimbabwean Newspaper, truck and beating of its workers
Xenophobic attacks against Migrants in South Africa
9 May 2008: 'So this is Democracy?' Launched in Maputo at 2008 World Press Freedom Day
9 May 2008: NGOs condemn human rights violations as Zimbabwean government delivers subdued report at ACHPR
29 April 2008: MISA Statement on the World Press Freedom Day May 3 2008
4 April 2008: MISA demands the immediate realese of arrested journalists and an end to violence on citizens
29 March 2008: MISA Regional statement on Zimbabwe elections
Zimbabwe votes in unfair & non-free environment
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