Southern Africa: Opposition-Dominated Parliament Cuts Funding to Public Broadcasters Over Claims They are Used as Propaganda Tools by Government

Media Institute of Southern Africa (Windhoek)

12 September 2007

On 11 September 2007, Parliament passed its K173 billion (approx. US$670 million) annual national budget with an allocation of only K1 (approx. US$.01) each for the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) and Television Malawi (TVM), for their 2007/2008 financial year.