by Franz Kruger | Mar 2, 2010 | Media freedom
A JOURNALIST working for M-Net SuperSport was abducted in Nigeria on Monday afternoon, SABC news reported. The bus in which the SuperSport team was travelling was attacked on the way to Lagos. The journalist and two Nigerian nationals were apparently abducted....
by Franz Kruger | Mar 1, 2010 | Ethics
A GROUP of businessmen in Limpopo have accused the SABC of censorship after the public broadcaster did not report on their protest against ANC Youth League (ANCYL) president Julius Malema, according to a report in the Sunday Independent. The businessmen have accused...
by Franz Kruger | Mar 1, 2010 | Media business
MEDIA Owners in Rwanda are disputing the results of an audience survey that has placed state radio as the biggest in terms of listenership, writes Dennis Itumbi for journalism.co.za. The inaugural media audience survey, carried out between March and June 2009...
by Franz Kruger | Mar 1, 2010 | General media news
THE SABC board has appointed Ray Nkwe to act as its group executive for commercial enterprises, barely 12 hours after announcing the suspension of the incumbent, Gab Mampone, according to a report on City Press's website. Spokesman Kaizer Kganyago said in a...
by Franz Kruger | Feb 26, 2010 | Media freedom
THREE journalists were sentenced to prison in Rwanda over a story reporting on an extramarital affair between the mayor of the capital, Kigali, and a government minister, writes Dennis Itumbi for journalism.co.za. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)...
