Film board to fight DStv porn channel plan

THE Film and Publication Board will oppose the move by MultiChoice to launch a 24-hour pornography channel in a bid to protect children from being exposed to sexually explicit material, writes Lyse Comins in the Daily News. Film and Publication Board (FPB) CEO Yoliswe...

Reporting on Children in the Media course offering

In partnership with Media Monitoring Africa, Wits Journalism is offering a block release course on Reporting on Children in the Media in August 2010. Reporting on Children in the Media aims to challenge the common representation of children and their issues in and by...

SABC suspends Mampone

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...

'Don't allow porn on DStv'

IF A pornography channel on DStv were allowed, it would be like pouring fuel on the fire of sexual abuse and exploitation, the Christian Action Network said, according to a report on timeslive.co.za.  The network's international co-ordinator, Taryn...

SABC seeks cash for new forensic probe

THE newly appointed SABC board has asked Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda and Parliament to help it get the auditor-general to conduct another forensic investigation into the public broadcaster's finances, writes Nkululeko Ncana in The Times. SABC deputy...

Lesotho moves to digital

LESOTHO is migrating to a new digital broadcasting platform for both television and radio, writes Mzimkhulu Sithetho for journalism.co.za. Tšiu Tšiu, the public relations manager of the country’s regulator, the Lesotho Communications...