Media campain newsletter, No 1 (Sept. 2000)



——————— No 1 September 2000 ———————

MEDIAMARKET SOUTHERN AFRICA On Friday 22 September (14h00) NiZA organises a mediamarket for Dutch teachers and students at Schools of Journalism. 15 journalists from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Mozambique, Zambia en Malawi share their experiences with the public. Topics include hiphop - can it become “new media”, women and media, young journalists in conflict areas and media and racism. De Balie, Kleine Gartmanplantsoen 10, Amsterdam Related links Complete programme Mediamarket (dutch) useful backgroundinformation on program-items (english) Hiphop - can it become “new media”? Journalists in conflict areas Women and media Racism and media Who is who on the Mediamarket (english) Who is who on the Mediamarket (dutch)

NIZA AND MEDIA IN SOUTHERN AFRICA For years, the Netherland institute for Southern Africa (NiZA) has been involved in the support of independent media in Southern Africa. Although the countries in the region cope with different circumstances one thing is clear: independent media needs to be strengthened to sustain democracy in Southern Africa. Last year the first experts began their missions and worked on request of one of NiZA’s 47 partnerorganisations. The support ranges from support to an independent newspaper in Zimbabwe to the technical assistance for the first internetcafé in Angola’s capital Luanda. For the future NiZA chooses to continue this support through personnel expertise (funded by NiZA’s backdonor PSO -Personnel Assistance for Development. Furthermore, NiZA is able to assist 30 young students and young journalists to gain working experience at one of the partnerorganisations in Southern Africa. Related links More on NiZA’s Mediaprogramme (english) Summary Experience Southern Africa: possibilities to work through NiZA List of partners

LIVING YEARBOOK SOUTHERN AFRICA 2000 One day after the mediamarket NiZA organises the yearly “Living Yearbook”, a public event with discussions, talks, performances, film, poetry and dance on actual issues concerning Southern Africa. Saturday 23 September 2000 De Balie Kleine Gartmanplantsoen 10 Amsterdam 20.00 Related links More information on Living Yearbook		THE STATE OF THE MEDIA THE DAILY REALITY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA “…and so they simply arrested all the editorial staff of the paper.” “Mozambique undoubtedly has the most media-friendly constitution and press law among all southern African countries. Zimbabwe and Zambia(in that order) have the most hostile constitutional and legal framework for the media. The rest of the southern African countries fall somewhere between the two extremes. The point may be illustrated as follows: Recently in Mozambique, the state commenced legal proceedings against a provincial or district government official for harassment and abuse of a journalist. In Zimbabwe, on the other hand, the Executive and its Attorney General have gone out of their way to defend the indefensible, i.e. the kidnapping and torture of two journalists by the military for publishing a story which was not to the liking of the military. I understand that, in Zambia, the authorities were unable to identify the author of a newspaper story which was not to their liking, and so they simply arrested all the editorial staff of the paper.” Quote of John O.Manyarara, retired judge of the supreme court in Zimbabwe and a veteran of journalism. Always in the frontline of the battle for independent journalism in the region.

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