MISA Botswana does not recognise the Media Practitioners Act

MISA Botswana has noticed that the government secretly gazzeted the Media Practitioners Act during the month of December, following its rushed enactment at the Parliament earlier in the month.

MISA Botswana is not entirely surprised because government had shown its unprecedented determination to enact the law.

Every obstacle, including parliament were side stepped to establish a media council that is supposed to "preserve the maintenance of high professional standards within the media and to provide for matters related thereto".

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