This is not Mr Malema’s first experience with banning media. In 2010, he kicked a BBC journalist out of a media conference and labelled him a “bastard” and an “agent” […]...
Wellington Radu speaking to SABC Digital News (Newsroom) weighs in on media coverage of Burundi whether it is adequate or not. He adds that media coverage of Burundi by local […]...
By normalising violence and its consequences through the media, violence is seen as almost natural to black people. This practice means it is acceptable to show the deepest pain and […]...
A good public broadcaster can advance our democracy and we must insist on it, writes William Bird. The SABC has had eight chief executives since 2008. That’s an average of […]...
The Sunday World’s story about a person in a polygamist marriage giving birth perpetuates the notion that the media and journalists are un-caring, intrusive and invasive. Again it is not […]...
The new CEO of the SABC Frans Matlala has reportedly been suspended. Stephen Grootes spoke to Head of Media Monitoring Africa, William Bird who cites a few reasons for what he […]...
The renewed call for a Media Appeals Tribunal is bad because, aside from the potential limitations to freedom of expression, it simply won’t address the core concerns over the quality […]...
Media24 CEO Esmare Weideman has apologised for Naspers’s role in apartheid. “We acknowledge complicity in a morally indefensible political regime and the hurtful way in which this played out in […]...
The results were presented to journalists, civil society organisations and political stakeholders. There was a panel discussion and group Q&A session after. Zambia Reports covered the event. Read the article […]...