King's radio won't apologise

by | Feb 25, 2010 | Media freedom

THE Buganda Kingdom has rejected a raft of conditions the government wants CBS Radio to comply with before it could be reopened, saying it will not apologize, writes Dennis Itumbi for journalism.co.za. President Museveni closed down the station, owned by Buganda...

Cops, Sanef form task team

by | Feb 25, 2010 | Media freedom

A HIGH-LEVEL task team will be formed to discuss communication problems between the media and police, the SA National Editors' Forum (Sanef) and the SA Police Service said in a joint statement, according to a report on news24.com. This was decided after a meeting...

FXI asks for 'shield law'

by | Feb 24, 2010 | Media freedom

THE Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) has lodged a request to the SA Law Reform Commission (SALRC) for an investigation into the amendment of section 205 of the Criminal Procedure Act and the introduction of a “shield law” with...

Journalist held in Somalia

by | Feb 24, 2010 | Media freedom

A RADIO journalist has been arrested and locked up by the Al-Shabaab administration in Wanlaweyn district of the lower Shebelle region of Somalia, writes Dennis Itumbi for journalism.co.za. The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has confirmed the incident...

Nigeria sanctions 35 broadcasters

by | Feb 23, 2010 | Media freedom

NIGERIA'S National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has sanctioned 35 broadcast stations in January 2010, writes Liade Akinboade in Vanguard. This was stated Monday by the NBC, Head, Public Affairs, Mr. Salihu Awwalu, each station was fined between N50, 000 to...

Jurors attack reporter

by | Feb 22, 2010 | Media freedom

ANGRY jurors of the Civil Law Court descended on a reporter of the New Democrat, Monrovia, with blows, injuring him and tearing-off his clothes, minutes after they reached a unanimous guilty verdict in a US$1.3m libel case filed by one of Charles Taylor's...