the nature of broadcast reform, actual progress was “painfully slow”. This consensus was endorsed by a SADC Parliamentary Forum Conference in April 2006 by agreeing significantly, that state broadcasters should be transformed into public broadcasters and the broadcasting regulator should be accountable to the legislature and its board be appointed in an open and transparent process.
A SADC Protocol on Culture Information and Sport was signed in 2001, however it is not yet in force because it has not been ratified by a sufficient number of member states. The SADC states that have ratified the protocol, including Zimbabwe, have not sufficiently fulfilled the demand to “ensure the freedom and independence of the media.”
The members of the task force will be comprised of representatives from parliaments, the SADC Parliamentary Forum, regulators and the African Commission of Human and People’s rights. It will focus on identifying reform potential in various SADC countries and assist with developing and implementing proposals for establishing a democratic broadcasting system in SADC countries. – KJW
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SADC to reform broadcasting
HARARE - A Broadcasting Reform Task Force will be formed to promote reform in the SADC region, it was decided at a conference organised by the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) held in Mozambique in early August.
The conference concluded that despite a growing consensus in the region over
The conference concluded that despite a growing consensus in the region over