PROMOTING FREE EXPRESSION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) was founded in 1992. Its work focuses on promoting, and advocating for, the unhindered enjoyment of freedom of expression, access to information and a free, independent, diverse and pluralistic media.
The circulating figures are unverified, demographically inaccurate, and do not originate from official data. Nicole Tau A viral Facebook post claiming that Lesotho’s 2026 Population and Housing Census recorded a population of 2.1 million people, including 600,000 men...
While foreign nationals can invest in certain sectors, Lesotho's Constitution prohibits private ownership of land by anyone, and the country's trade laws reserve numerous small-business sectors exclusively for Basotho citizens. Nicole Tau A Facebook post published in...
Nicole Tau Acting National Director, MISA-Lesotho The most powerful barriers are often the ones we cannot see. They don't appear in legislation or constitutions. They live in the questions we ask, the headlines we write, the jokes we laugh at and the expectations we...
Nicole Tau A Facebook post shared on 13 June 2026 claims that the number of Malawian nationals gathered at Sherwood Community Park in Durban surged from 5,000 to 7,000 in a single day. It goes further, alleging that South Africa is home to "MILLIONS”" of undocumented...
