We need no such law - journos

During a consultative meeting with Members of Parliament (MPs) at the Gaborone Sun on Monday, Pamela Dube, of The Voice weekly asserted that the government was in fact imposing the Bill on the media and the nation at large.

Dube said a task force with representation from the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), the Press Council of Botswana, the Editors' Forum, the Botswana Confederation of Commerce, Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM) and Government was established in 2003 to solicit views on the instantly notorious Mass Media Bill.