by Franz Kruger | Mar 3, 2008 | Media freedom
There's no point in trying to fight the media, writes Dr G Odera Outa in The East African. They are just too powerful. Dr G Odera Outa writes in the East African: Thomas Jefferson's statement on freedom of the media made more than 200 years ago is a...
by Franz Kruger | Feb 25, 2008 | Media freedom
Black journalists have a right to form an organisation of their own, but they don't have the right to exclude their white colleagues from a major briefing with ANC President Jacob Zuma. That's the core of Radio 702's objection to the Forum of...
by Franz Kruger | Feb 22, 2008 | Media freedom
The Namibian government's threats against the medi are deeply worrying, says the Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) in a media release. There is nothing wrong with a media council, but it can't be government-controlled. The Misa statement reads: The...
by Franz Kruger | Feb 22, 2008 | Media freedom
The SA media landscape is dominated by Media24, writes Anton Harber in Business Day. In a detailed analysis of the extent to which the media are dominated by a handful of giant companies, he says size and strength can be a blessing. Anton Harber writes in...
by Franz Kruger | Feb 17, 2008 | Media freedom
Security for top leaders is all very well, but officials should understand that photographers also need to do their work, writes Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro in Namibia's New Era. Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro writes in New Era: TOO often as editors we demand from our reporters...
by Franz Kruger | Feb 8, 2008 | Media freedom
The attack on the media by newly elected ANC President Jacob Zuma displays ignorance of the reality of the media, writes Dumisani Nyalunga, Media and Advocacy Officer of MISA-SA). The media can't be pressed into service for a particular ideology or...
