In 2001 The Press Gazette published an article about British journalist Chris Bishop who quit Botswana TV after less of a year because he was against the censorship that the country imposed on the TV station. Bishop resigned after government officials blocked the broadcast of a documentary about a white South African woman who was hanged for murder.
Bishop would constantly get interference and harassment from the country's government officials. According to the Press Gazette, "Bishop said he had made it clear before he agreed to work for the government-funded TV station that he would only do so if he could run it without interference." Censorship in Africa is common and Bishop thought that he could have freedom in producing a TV show.