Botswana - Media

In 2000, there were 150,000 main line telephones in use, along with 200,000 mobile cellular phones. The government controls the content of nearly all radio and television broadcasts through the Botswana Press Agency (BOPA), which produces the free Daily News newspaper, Radio Botswana, which broadcasts nationally to most of the country, and Botswana Television (BTV). There were 8 AM and 13 FM radio stations and 1 television station in 2001. Radio Botswana broadcasts, in English and Setswana, a variety of news, educational, cultural, and entertainment programs. An earth satellite station was erected in 1980. In 2000, there were about 155 radios and 25 television sets for every 1,000 people. The same year, there were about 37 personal computers in use for every 1,000 people, with 11 Internet service providers serving 33,000 people in 2001.



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Aug 12, 2011 @ 7:07 am
if botswana ensures free press and free speech why is it that media content is not published uncensored.
