Government Promises To Free Media Space

The Minister of Information Leckford Mwanza assured the media on 10 August 2009 that government intends to free the media space to allow journalists to practice freely. While embarking on a familiarization tour of media houses in Blantyre, the new minister pledged government support to the media, but also urged them to be responsible when executing their duties.

“Use the freedom with responsibility. This is our country, let’s be proud of it,” said Mwanza.

Blantyre Print and Publishing (BP&P) Managing Director Leonard Chikadya briefed the minister and cited huge production costs, especially the costs of newsprint as one of the major problems affecting the newspaper business. He thus called on the government to get investors who could venture into paper milling business.

Reagan Malumo
Programme Officer: Media Freedom Monitoring and Research
Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Regional Secretariat
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Private Bag 13386
Windhoek
Namibia
Phone: +264 61 232 975
Fax: +264 61 248 016
Mobile: +264 81 311 2626
E mail: reagan@misa.org

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