by Franz Kruger | Jul 17, 2009 | Media freedom
The Press Council of SA has expressed concern at plans to set up a "Pan-African Media Observatory" linked to the AU. In a submission on the initiative, the council says it should be based on existing documents that affirm media freedom, and expresses concern...
by Franz Kruger | Jul 16, 2009 | Media freedom
Botswana's Law Society has come out in support of the media in voicing concerns at the Media Practitioners Act, and this is to be strongly welcomed, writes Mmegi in an editorial. Lawyers are supposed to highlight injustice when they see it. Mmegi writes in an...
by Franz Kruger | Jul 1, 2009 | Media freedom
The Botswana government has set up a committee to ration public advertising, and it is clear this is an attempt to force private newspapers into submission by denying them government ads, writes Mmegi in an editorial. This does further damage to the country's...
by Franz Kruger | Jul 1, 2009 | Media freedom
Journalists can't do their work if they are prevented from accessing information, including attending public events involving important officials, writes Eugene Anangwa in The New Times. Government officials are too quick to censor the information by refusing to...
by Franz Kruger | Jul 1, 2009 | Media freedom
None of the graft claims against SABC board and management should be swept under the carpet, writes Business Day in an editorial. Only a full judicial inquiry will be able to sort out the slew of allegations. Business Day writes in an editorial: THE government is...
by Franz Kruger | Jun 15, 2009 | Media freedom
Zimbabwe will never claw its way back into international respectability as long as the Media and Information Commission continues to plague the country's journalists, writes Stanley Gama in the Zimbabwe Independent. The recent court ruling declaring the body to be...
