by Franz Kruger | Jan 19, 2010 | Media freedom
AN INTERNATIONAL media body representing SA’s interests on Fifa’s media committee has warned media organisations to read accreditation documents for sports events clearly before allowing journalists to sign them, as they could bind...
by Franz Kruger | Jan 19, 2010 | Media freedom
TWO eNews journalists have been ordered to appear in court and reveal the identities of "criminals" featured in a report broadcast on eTV, writes Zandile Mbalela in The Times. The "criminals", whose features and voices were distorted, were quoted...
by Franz Kruger | Jan 15, 2010 | Media freedom
MEMBERS of the Zimbabwe Media Commission have now been named, but hopeful media entrepreneurs face further delays before the regulator begins operating and considering licence applications, writes a jocoza correspondent. After long delays, Zimbabwe President...
by Franz Kruger | Jan 14, 2010 | Media freedom
HOME Affairs Minister Lameck Mangani has directed the registrar of societies to come up with details about the Press Association of Zambia (PAZA) executive committee to ascertain the leadership's legality, according to a report in The Times of Zambia. But former...
by Franz Kruger | Jan 13, 2010 | Media freedom
THE Kenyan government and media are headed for a showdown, over new broadcast regulations gazetted last week, writes Dennis Itumbi for jocoza. The media fraternity argues that the government has re-introduced the new rules rejected in demonstrations by...
by Franz Kruger | Jan 13, 2010 | Media freedom
The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Angolan authorities to ensure the safety of sports journalists covering the African Nations Cup following the death of a Togolese sports journalist on Friday. Stanislas Ocloo was gunned down in the attack on...