by Franz Kruger | Jun 1, 2007 | Media freedom
South Africa is following the great democracies in attacking basic freedoms in the name of the hunt for terrorists, writes Raymond Louw for the World Association of Newspapers. “With so much secrecy and excessive powers involved does anyone know how...
by Claire Lowen | May 23, 2007 | Media freedom
IT’s a good time for journalists and other media people at the moment. CNBC Africa launches on June 1. It has apparently invested $20m and employed 130 people in SA, and has poached talent from the SABC and other media establishments, writes Anton...
by Franz Kruger | May 18, 2007 | Media freedom
Recent decisions by the Constitutional Court are based on a legally and constitutionally flawed view that media freedom is contingent on the good behaviour of the media, write Robert Danay and Jacob Foster in the SA Journal on Human Rights. Decisions like the one that...
by Franz Kruger | May 18, 2007 | Media freedom
A plan to establish a statutory basis for the Media Council of Kenya is very bad news, writes Mitch Odero in The Standard. It would undermine self-regulation, and pose a threat to press freedom. Mitch Odero writes in The Standard : The Media Bill 2006 seeks...
by Franz Kruger | May 11, 2007 | Media freedom
In line with its growing economic involvement in Africa, China has ploughed hundreds of millions of dollars into the continent’s media through everything from a Nigerian satellite to a Kenyan radio station, writes Michael Tsingo. Around 35 countries...
by Franz Kruger | May 4, 2007 | Media freedom
There are still many gender disparities in SA newsrooms, according to a new study conducted by the SA National Editors' Forum and Gender Links. And it's the pay differences that show that women continue to be given lower level jobs, writes Gender...
