by Franz Kruger | Sep 28, 2009 | Media business
There's been general agreement that the people nominated for positions on the SABC board are competent for the job. But Raymond Louw points out that a number are members of the ANC, which demands particular loyalty from card-carrying members. ...
by Franz Kruger | Sep 15, 2009 | Media business
South African filmmakers have issued a declaration on threats facing the independent production sector. The declaration backs calls for a government bail-out of the SABC, criticises the broadcasting regulator Icasa for failing to monitor compliance, and calls for a...
by Franz Kruger | Aug 19, 2009 | Media business
The new SABC board should be composed not of representatives of different sectors of society, nor even primarily people with particular skills, but of people with a strong sense of civic duty who know what it means to serve on the board of a major corporation, writes...
by Franz Kruger | Aug 12, 2009 | Media business
Controversy has swirled around the parliamentary process of interviewing and recommending members of the Zimbabwe Media Commission and particularly the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe, when vacancies on the latter were not advertised, writes Zvamaida Murwira in The...
by Franz Kruger | Jul 20, 2009 | Media business
The Save our SABC Coalition is calling on people to sign a petition to widen the possibilities for public involvement in the appointment of the new SABC Board. The petition calls for more time for the nomination period, and for the call for nominations to be...
by Franz Kruger | Jul 17, 2009 | Media business
Two recent expertiments by SA editors have highlighted the possibliities of setting up Internet sites that are satellites to their main sites, using technology from the blogosphere, writes Jenni Marsh for journalism.co.za. And they're finding new...
