by Franz Kruger | Nov 10, 2009 | Media freedom
KENYA will score a major first in the East African region if its citizen's approve the proposed draft constitution,which for the first time enshrines the Freedom of the media in the country's supreme law, writes Dennis Itumbi for journalism.co.za....
by Franz Kruger | Nov 6, 2009 | Media freedom
INFORMATION minister Lieutenant General Ronnie Shikapwasha has said Zambia's President Rupiah Banda has performed exceedingly well on the media despite the insults he has been receiving from The Post, writes Patson Chilemba in The Post. Asked by interviewer Frank...
by Franz Kruger | Nov 4, 2009 | Media freedom
UGANDA'S Broadcasting Council has opened the city-based Radio Two closed seven weeks ago for allegedly inciting the violent September riots, writes Tabyu Butagira in the Monitor. Mr Godfrey Mutabazi, chairman of the Broadcasting Council, says the...
by Franz Kruger | Nov 4, 2009 | Media freedom
THE tension between the council of the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) and its administration is one of the obstacles hampering the regulator from effectively regulating the sector, according to the chairman of the portfolio committee on...
by Franz Kruger | Nov 2, 2009 | Media freedom
WITH all hopes of a negotiated re-opening of Buganda Kingdom-owned Central Broadcasting Service (CBS) fading by the day, the Ugandan kingdom has given the radio station’s workers green light to sue government for damages, almost six weeks after the...
by Franz Kruger | Oct 28, 2009 | Media freedom
THE Commissioner for NGO and Student Affairs and Chairman of the Accreditation sub-committee of the Kaduna sub seat of the Local Organising Committee, Bityong Yakubu Nkom and his team harassed journalists covering the FIFA Under-17 World Youth Championship in Nigeria,...
