PROMOTING FREE EXPRESSION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) was founded in 1992. Its work focuses on promoting, and advocating for, the unhindered enjoyment of freedom of expression, access to information and a free, independent, diverse and pluralistic media.
Despite some improvements in media freedom across Southern Africa, most countries in the region continue to be classified as problematic and difficult, according to the latest Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index report. South Africa and Namibia remain...
MISA has officially launched the sixth edition of the Southern Africa Press Freedom Report 2026, a comprehensive assessment of 11 countries that reveals a critical inflection point for the region's media landscape. While constitutional guarantees of press freedom...
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia has launched a strategic initiative to strengthen media freedom monitoring ahead of the 2026 general elections, with the training of 11 media monitors drawn from Northern, Copperbelt and North-Western Provinces. The...
According to the latest edition of the Freedom of Expression (FOX) Report, access to information remains a challenge for most journalists in Zambia, despite the enactment of the Access to Information (ATI) Act. The report, covering the period July to December 2025,...
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