Namibia: MISA-Namibia announces new Board

The Media Institute of Southern Africa, MISA Namibia, yesterday (31 August 2010) elected a new National Governing Council at the organisations 10th Annual General Meeting held in Windhoek.

The new boards consist of Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro, (Senior journalist at New Era) as MISA Namibia Chairperson, Linda Baumann (Director of Outreach Namibia) as MISA Namibia Vice Chairperson, Soini Negongo (Senior Producer at the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation) as Treasurer, Manfred Isaacks (Radio Project coordinator at Namcol) as Additional Member and Joseph Ailonga (Marketing Manager at Radio Energy) as Additional Member.

 

The new board replaces former Chairperson Sandra Williams, (Manger of Base FM) Gladwin Groenewaldt and Florence Haifene. Williams will stay on as ex-officio advisory member to the new board for a year.  

 

On stepping down, Williams thanked the new board for availing themselves for election and to serve on the board for the term of three years.
”We are all deeply indebted to you for declaring yourselves willing to further with processes the outgoing NGC has started, and serving MISA Namibia through its aims and objectives. I can assure you that after 15 years of fighting for media freedom in SADC, MISA is busy re-energising and re-aligning itself to cater to the needs and demands of the modern media practitioner at all levels”, she said.

 

Williams noted that in this process, MISA Namibia needed all members and interested persons to assist in growing and developing the organisation further.

 

On her part, National Director of MISA Namibia, Marbeline Mwashekele welcomes the newly elected board, adding that the NGC is very crucial to the attainment of MISA’s aims and objectives.

 

“The NGC is there to ensure that the Chapter is operating and functioning according to the MISA Namibia rules. The NGC will oversee all the Chapter’s plans and activities through the employment of the National Director and other staff.  The NGC’s effectiveness will have a major impact on the effectiveness of the Chapter, therefore, its commitment will add to the efficiency and public standing of the organization”, Mwashekele says.

 

The mission of MISA Namibia is to play a leading role in creating an environment of media freedom and free expression that promotes independence, pluralism and diversity of views and opinions, media sustainability, competency and professionalism in the southern African region.

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Caption: The new boards consist of (L-R) Joseph Ailonga (Marketing Manager at Radio Energy) as Additional Member, Linda Baumann (Director of Outreach Namibia) as MISA Namibia Vice Chairperson, Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro, (Senior journalist at New Era) as MISA Namibia Chairperson, Manfred Isaacks (Radio Project coordinator at Namcol) as Additional Member and absent is Soini Negongo (Senior Producer at the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation) as Treasurer.
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Marbeline Mwashekele

National Director

 

-September 03, 2010 by MISA

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Source: www.misa.org  (received via e-mail alert on 03.09.10)