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African broadcasting charter to be launched on Press Freedom Day.
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The African Charter on Broadcasting will be launched during Friday's celebration of World Press Freedom Day, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) said Wednesday.
The charter will be launched as an official activity of the Africa Commission on Human and People's Rights sessions, which will be held in Pretoria between 2 and 9 May.
Representatives from most African countries are expected to attend the Pretoria gathering.
The launch will coincide with the 11th anniversary of the penning of the 1991 Windhoek Declaration aimed at promoting an independent and Pluralistic African Press.
Misa, however, noted with dismay that the continent, especially the southern African region, remained an international centre of media violations, and the right to communicate was almost non-existent for the majority population.
Since the adoption of the Declaration, though, there have been gains in media freedom in Africa and in some nation states, the media has begun to take up its role as a cornerstone of democracy and source of balanced information for citizens.
The Windhoek Declaration has served as a beacon that highlights the extent to which governments throughout the world and the region honour their commitment towards upholding and promoting media freedom, independence and diversity.
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