by Franz Kruger | Aug 4, 2008 | Media freedom
The brave new world of transparency that was a mark of the new South Africa is in rapid retreat, writes Raymond Louw in an article for the Helen Suzman Foundation's Focus magazine. From the attitude of civil servants to media inquiries to a slew of new...
by Franz Kruger | Aug 3, 2008 | Media freedom
One of the main problems with the new Protection of Information Bill is that it allows material to be classified as secret on the basis of a hypothetical threat to the national interest, writes Dario Milo in the Sunday Times. And there is no public interest...
by Franz Kruger | May 25, 2008 | Media freedom
Spin should not be a swearword, writes Felicity Levine of the IAJ. The government should be doing more and better spinning to highlight successes in delivery. Felicity Levine writes: In some circles “spin†is a fraught term. At...
by Franz Kruger | May 10, 2008 | Media freedom
South Africa’s new Protection of Information Bill entrenches secrecy and is a threat to society, argues Rashweat Mukundu, Programme Specialist for Media Monitoring and Research of the Media Institute of Southern Africa in Windhoek, Namibia. ...
by Franz Kruger | May 5, 2008 | Media freedom
Despite some changes to media laws, Zimbabwe still has one of the most repressive atmospheres for journalists in the world, writes Rashweat Mukundu in the Zimbabwe Independent. Even journalists from state-owned ZBC have been beated up. "Zimbabwe...
by Franz Kruger | Apr 20, 2008 | Media freedom
The Times of London's Jonathan Clayton was arrested in Zimbabwe for working as a journalist without accreditation. He was fined and deported this week. In an article reprinted in the Sunday Times, Clayton describes his torture at the hands of Zimbabwe...
