by Franz Kruger | Jan 24, 2008 | Media freedom
The ANC's proposal to increase state funding for the SABC could be helpful as it might decrease the corporation's dependence on the market and open economic space for other players, writes Anton Harber in Business Day. But it could be disastrous if...
by Franz Kruger | Dec 18, 2007 | Media freedom
Amid all the noise around the ANC succession contest, other important issues are on the table at the party's Polokwane conference. Among them is a set of disturbing ideas on the media including a proposal for a tribunal, writes the Mail & Guardian in...
by Franz Kruger | Dec 12, 2007 | Media freedom
Apart from contemplating the implications if Jacob Zuma becomes leader of the African National Congress (ANC), analysts want to see the media policy that will emerge from the party’s conference next week, writes Wilson Johwa in Business Day. A shift...
by Franz Kruger | Nov 14, 2007 | Media freedom
The bid for Johncom by people close to government and the ruling party can't constitute a threat to press freedom, writes Business Day in an editorial. Far more worrisome are other developments, like the threat by Essop Pahad, Minister in the...
by Franz Kruger | Nov 12, 2007 | Media freedom
Why shouldn't the Sunday Times be bought by people with links to government, Thami Mazwai wants to know in The Star. The row around Koni's attempt to buy Johncom is a lot of noise over nothing, a typical reaction from a right-wing masquerading as...
by Franz Kruger | Nov 6, 2007 | Media freedom
No other truly democratic government in the world launches as many attacks on the media as in South Africa, writes Rob Handfield-Jones in an open letter to the Minister in the Presidency, Essop Pahad. Rob Handfield-Jones writes: Good Day, Subject: Minister Pahad's...
