Namibia Media

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Namibia Media

The Namibia Media is constantly growing. The Namibia Constitution makes provision for freedom of speech and expression, including freedom of the press and other media. In spite of its small population, Namibia has a varied and lively press, with seven commercial newspapers.

The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC)has eight radio services and one television channel. It broadcasts in six languages from Windhoek and in three indegenous languages from transmitters in the north and north east.

One privately owned television channel, One Africa and five privately owned radio stations operate from Windhoek.

Private commercial enterprises account for several additional television channels, including international channels via satellite such as the BBC, CNN and Deukom and DSTV.

The Media Insttute of Southern Africa (MISA) is a non-governmental organisation with members in 11 of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries. Officially launched in Septer 1992, MISA focuses primarily on the need to promote the free flow of information and co-operation between media workers to nurture democracy and human rights in Africa as envisaged in the 1991 Windhoek Declaration.

The role of MISA is primarily one of co-ordinator, facilitator and communicator, and to maintain a genuinely free and pluralistic media in Southern Africa.

MISA Regional Office
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