Lesotho: Community radio project on track

The Lesotho chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa on July 9 signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the community of Mafeteng on the setting up of a community broadcasting station. According to MISA Lesotho, broadcasting equipment has already been secured and an application has been made to the regulator for a community broadcasting license.

In 2008 MISA Lesotho in collaboration with the Lesotho National Commission for UNESCO undertook a feasibility study to establish whether a community multi-media centre would be relevant to the Mafeteng community and to determine its sustainability.

The study established that there is a need for such an initiative in Mafeteng to enhance educational programs, heighten public participation and deepen the roots of democracy.  

- August 09, 2010 by MISA Lesotho

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Source: www.misa.org  (received via email alert on 09.08.2010)