2 June 2025, Sunday World
Organised by Unesco in conjunction with Media Monitoring Africa, the Press Council of South Africa, South African National Editor’s Forum, Media Institute of Southern Africa and the Global Dialogue Institute, the two-day event, which attracted journalists, media activists, researchers, scholars, academics, civil society and students, was unanimous in its collective voice that freedom of the media be cherished and jealously guarded against any encroachment – be it from government, advertisers or big tech companies.