The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) has noted the debate about the role of the media in peddling falsehoods and discrediting certain anti-apartheid activists. This debate has erupted as we mourn the death of Mama Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. In the...
This fourth annual report looks at jobs in the newsroom, fake news and fact-checking journalism, and highlights the problem of threats to media freedom in South Africa.
The South African National Editors’ (SANEF) notes with alarm an event that unfolded yesterday afternoon and evening that threatened media freedom. Investigative journalist and author, Jacques Pauw, had his house raided by a terrorist-fighting ‘Crimes against the...
Africa did well at the ballot in 2017. 2018 promises to be a different kettle of fish. Just consider the countries where elections are lined up By Bob Wekesa Five presidential elections defined the African political map in 2017: Somalia (February), Rwanda (August),...
To register to attend this summit, which is coming to Africa for the very first time since the launch of the WMEMC nearly 30 years ago, please visit www.wmemc.org By Heide Khuhlane GRAHAMSTOWN, South Africa – Around 250 delegates from Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe,...
The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) has noted that the ANC’s new spokesperson Pule Mabe has been critical of the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) coverage of a dissident group claiming to be ANC and SACP members, calling themselves the...
The Press Council of South Africa (PCSA) announced the appointment of Latiefa Mobara as its Executive Director. Mobara takes over from veteran journalist Joe Thloloe, whose term of office ends at the end of February. Joe Latakgomo, another veteran journalist with over...
