programming competitor with the larger, national media. Nor can the media rebroadcast or reprint stories for other media sources in the country. Planned interaction between the media and the community must guide all of its decisions for operations, development, expansion, change, content, and so on. According to the Media Development and Diversity Agency of South Africa, community media associations in Southern Africa see the future brightly if issues of access, ownership, and control are addressed. The National Community Radio Forum wants these operations to be independent, non-profit, and diverse mobilisers of the community. Significant community media initiatives are emerging throughout the regions. In Southern Africa independent newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and media production/syndication houses are tending toward local needs for growth and change in society. Yet, of all of the initiatives, community radio seems to be the most widely developed in Southern Africa. ?Radio remains the most powerful mass media in the region, reaching hills and rural areas away from cities that television cannot? (Martin 12). Radio is cost efficient, has no language or literacy barriers, can be a direct expression of local oral culture and traditions, can be sustainable if managed properly, and its outreach can influence thousands of people (Dagron). Most importantly, the technology is relatively inexpensive, compact, portable, and easily located in communities throughout the country. Bush Radio gave a voice to the voiceless as a clandestine anti-apartheid media. Today, as a leader in community radio, it holds town meetings for teens, there is HIV/AIDS programming, and