by Franz Kruger | Dec 17, 2009 | Media freedom
A RWANDAN journalist who encouraged Hutus to slaughter Tutsis during the 1994 genocide has been jailed for life, by the United Nation's Rwanda tribunal, writes Dennis Itumbi for journalism.co.za. Valerie Bemeriki was among the prominent voices of Radio Mille...
by Franz Kruger | Dec 17, 2009 | Media freedom
THE SA National Editors' Forum is disturbed at the reported statement of Judge Ronnie Bosielo, who is heading the commission inquiring into conditions of service, accommodation and salaries of South African soldiers, that his final report to Defence Minister...
by Franz Kruger | Dec 14, 2009 | Media freedom
KENYAN broadcast media will from next year face government regulation aimed at weeding out sexual content, writes Dennis Itumbi for journalism.co.za. Information permanent secretary Bitange Ndemo said his ministry was working on regulations that would control...
by Franz Kruger | Dec 14, 2009 | Media freedom
AN attempt by Miss World Ltd to gag the Mail & Guardian has been defeated in the South Gauteng High Court, according to a report on M&G Online. The organisers of the Miss World pageant, which took place in Johannesburg on Saturday night, had sought in...
by Franz Kruger | Dec 11, 2009 | Media freedom
ZANU-PF has barred journalists from the independent media from covering their congress, which is fast degenerating into an open rebellion against Robert Mugabe, writes Tichaona Sibanda for SW Radio Africa. On Wednesday a politburo meeting at the congress was...
by Franz Kruger | Dec 11, 2009 | Media freedom
NEWSPAPER proprietor Trevor Ncube will launch his new Zimbabwean daily newspaper, NewsDay, on the Web six months before the print edition hits the streets, writes Dunacn McLeod for TechCentral.co.za. Ncube, who is deputy chairman of Mail & Guardian publisher...
