by Franz Kruger | Dec 10, 2009 | Media freedom
GOVERNMENTS in sub-Saharan Africa are the most intolerant to the practice of journalism; they have twenty five journalists in detention, a majority of them without any charges, according to a new report, writes Dennis Itumbi for journalism.co.za. Eritrea tops the...
by Franz Kruger | Dec 9, 2009 | Media freedom
A GOVERNMENT minister has declared that Zimbabwe’s broadcasting sector has the capacity to immediately licence 94 radio stations and add four more television stations, writes a journalism.co.za correspondent. Deputy Minister of Information and...
by Franz Kruger | Dec 4, 2009 | Media freedom
TWO Somali-based reporters were killed in a bomb blast that also claimed the lives of three government ministers during a university graduation ceremony in a Mogadishu hotel, writes Dennis Itumbi for journalism.co.za. Two other journalists were seriously wounded in...
by Franz Kruger | Dec 3, 2009 | Media freedom
INVESTIGATIVE journalism in Zimbabwe faces the twin obstacles of poor pay and restrictive laws, journalists say, writes journalism.co.za correspondent. The points were made at a meeting at Harare's Quill Club to commemorate...
by Franz Kruger | Dec 2, 2009 | Media freedom
CURRENT CNN Africa journalist of the year John Allan Namu and a collegue Mohammed Ali have recorded a statement with Kenyan police after receiving death threats over an investigative series on corruption at the Port of Mombasa, writes Dennis Itumbi for...
by Franz Kruger | Dec 1, 2009 | Media freedom
NOTORIOUS media ‘hangman’ Tafataona Mahoso has been implicated in the forced seizure of yet another farm in Mutare, as the countrywide wave of farm invasions continues to escalate, writes Alex Bell for SW Radio Africa. Mahoso has...
