Jocoza News 2 April

Dear colleague,
 

Here's what we have this week:

• Although Angolan Catholic Radio Ecclesia has not yet been granted legal status by government, they have been receiving financial support from the Ministry of Information, writes Rafael Marques de Morais.

• The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation has re-assigned senior managers as part of an ongoing restructuring exercise.

• As the coverage of the Oscar Pistorius trial dwindles, the story provides a stark illustration of how the media landscape is changing under our feet, writes Mail & Guardian Ombud Franz Krüger in his column.

• Grocott’s Mail, one of the oldest newspapers in the country, has moved out of its historic home close to Grahamstown’s cathedral into Rhodes University’s Journalism and Media Studies school.

• If the media devoted more resources into covering the Farlam commission on the events at Marikana, we would get some real insight into the relations of power in South Africa, writes Anton Harber.

• An agency hired by the ANN7 news station to conduct pre-election polling in South Africa is being investigated by the Indian government.

• The takeover of London’s biggest commercial Asian radio stations is being led by a former business associate of Tory grandee Cecil Parkinson , writes Juliette Garside.

• The journalism department at Wits University has welcomed two visiting associates: Press Council director Joe Thloloe and Kenyan editor and researcher Bob Wekesa.

The following opportunities are on offer:

• Submit images that define and challenge views and experiences of a South African Democracy. Have your images be part of an exhibition at the Photo Workshop Gallery!

Have a good week further!

The jocoza team