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The Constitution of Botswana (Section 12) guarantees freedom of expression and the media’s role as a watchdog. These rights are not concessions granted by political authority. They are fundamental democratic entitlements that the state is duty-bound to protect.<\/p>\n
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Botswana Chapter commends the Government of Botswana for the positive steps taken following the 2024 General Election to foster a more open and media-friendly environment.<\/p>\n
In particular, MISA…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a> The Constitution of Botswana (Section 12) guarantees freedom of expression and the media’s role as a watchdog. These rights are not concessions granted by political authority. They are fundamental democratic entitlements that the state is duty-bound to protect. The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Botswana Chapter commends the Government of Botswana for the positive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":222504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2461],"tags":[258,256,4718,2462,7610,9392,7636,4959,2915,257,254,7153,7611],"class_list":["post-222503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-botswana","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-botswana","tag-botswana-news","tag-condemns","tag-emerging","tag-freedom","tag-media","tag-misa","tag-news","tag-south-africa-today","tag-southern","tag-threats"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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