You can now listen to the MSP radio spots, featuring critical discussions on pressing South African municipal issues. When originally aired, these spots – available in five languages – reached an audience of 2.2 million people in South Africa, on both commercial and community radio. You can download them for your computer or MP3 player (a podcast) or you can stream these low-bandwidth files online. They can be found at: http://www.research-matters.net/en/ev-87793-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

On 4 October 2005, Q-FM radio reporter Wamunyima Walubita was forced to erase material from his tape recorder which documented his mistreatment by police in order to secure his release from detention. Walubita told the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia on 6 October that he was picked up by police while covering a riot by students from Evelyn Hone College, who were protesting against declining education standards at the institution.

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