by Franz Kruger | Mar 3, 2010 | Ethics
The Supreme Court of Appeal has found that you cannot call somebody a murderer if he has been given amnesty for the crime, writes Martin williams in The Citizen. Reacting to the paper's loss of an appeal in a defamation case brought by Robert McBride, he finds...
by Franz Kruger | Mar 3, 2010 | Media business
TWO senior Standard Media group editors have quit, citing enormous pressure "to perform near miracles to increase circulation", writes Dennis Itumbi for journalism.co.za. The resignations come only days after the controversial and much-publicized...
by Franz Kruger | Mar 3, 2010 | Media freedom
A CAMERAMAN who was among three members of a SA television crew abducted in Nigeria has fled to safety and is now in Lagos, an official from the M-Net channel told reporters, according to a report on iol.co.za. Alexander Effiong, a Nigerian cameraman, "fled from...
by Franz Kruger | Mar 2, 2010 | Media business
LESOTHO has established a universal access fund to expand broadcasting and telecommunications services, writes Mzimkhulu Sithetho for journalism.co.za. The fund is administered by the broadcasting regulator, the Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA)....
by Franz Kruger | Mar 2, 2010 | Media business
THE Buganda Kingdom is now running two weekly newspapers, in a move that media observers say is a replacement for the Central Broadcasting Services (CBS) radio staton shut down in September last year, writes Dennis Itumbi for journalism.co.za. King Ronald...
