by Franz Kruger | Aug 7, 2008 | Media business
The problem with the SABC is that government policy towards it is simply taken from general government policy on parastatals, without any attempt to provide for the specific demands of a public broadcasting corporation, writes Jane Duncan of the Freedom of Expression...
by Franz Kruger | Jul 9, 2008 | Media business
The draft law being pushed through parliament in a bid to address the SABC crisis could easily make matters worse, writes Anton Harber in Business Day. Better alternatives must be found. Anton Harber writes in Business Day: PARLIAMENT’s...
by Franz Kruger | Jul 9, 2008 | Media business
The civil society initiative to make the SABC a more public broadcaster should be supported, writes Business Day in an editorial. Above all, it is essential to break the destructive cycle that puts the broadcaster at the mercy of political infighting....
by Franz Kruger | Jun 14, 2008 | Media business
The following statement was adopted at a meeting convened 10 June 2008 in Johannesburg by the Media Monitoring Project (MMP) and the Open Society Foundation (OSF). The purpose of the meeting was to develop civil society strategies to deal with the current...
by Franz Kruger | Jun 12, 2008 | Media business
The launch of e.tv's new 24-hour news channel is a big step for SA TV journalism, writes Anton Harber in Business Day. But the challenge of filling all those hours with interesting content remains a substantial one. Anton Harber writes in Business Day: WALK around...
by Franz Kruger | Jun 8, 2008 | Media business
The SABC needs cleaning out from the top down, writes Business Day in an editorial.And the best place to start will be the Broadcasting Act. Business day writes in an editorial: CONSENSUS at last: the SABC is dysfunctional from the top down and the procedure...
