by Franz Kruger | May 4, 2007 | Media freedom
It began as an innocent trip across the border to pay school fees in Zimbabwe, and ended with arrest and torture. Botswana journalist and www.journalism.co.za correspondent Nomsa Ndlovu describes her ordeal at the hands of the Zimbabwe police who accused her of...
by Franz Kruger | May 1, 2007 | Media freedom
In the midst of massive repression of media in Zimbabwe, veteran Wilf Mbanga has built up The Zimbabwean into a real force that even cabinet ministers read.  In an interview with IPS, Mbanga reflected on producing a newspaper from exile. In the...
by Franz Kruger | Apr 27, 2007 | Media freedom
The SA Parliament will in the coming week hold hearings on planned changes to the Film and Publications Act which have been widely condemned for introducing pre-publication censorship. Among the organisations due to testify is the SA chapter of the Media...
by Franz Kruger | Apr 24, 2007 | Media freedom
The recent Constitutional Court judgment safeguarding the privacy of people who are HIV positive may seem to be siding with the underdog, but in fact it simply reinforces stigma, writes Jonny Steinberg in Business Day. Jonny Steinberg writes in Business Day:...
by Franz Kruger | Apr 20, 2007 | Media freedom
In the midst of the harsh environment that is Zimbabwe, media groups got together in January to set up an independent media council. The effort faltered, under withering criticism from the government. But Misa director Rashweat Mukundu, writing exclusively for...
by Franz Kruger | Apr 13, 2007 | Media freedom
Fear stalks the land of Botswana, according to a column in The Voice, Francistown. The country is going down the Zimbabwe route, with foreign journalists expelled, and concerns about spies in newsrooms. The Voice column reads: Intelligence Bills, Ban on foreign...
