- 18 May 2012 07:46 - Faranaaz Parker
- Media representatives debating a Press Freedom Commission's report say changes to the way the media is regulated will have little practical effect.
- 04 May 2012 00:00 - Sipho Kings McDermott
- Recommendations for reforming the press council have included a greater representation of citizens on the panels.
- 04 May 2012 00:00 - Sam Sole
- Informed by a fuzzy opinion that self-regulation has failed, it exposes the industry to manipulation
- 26 Apr 2012 00:00 - Staff Reporter
- There is a great deal of important detail still to be finalised, but we should now put the idea of a statutory press commissariat behind us.
- 25 Apr 2012 19:44 - Sipho Kings McDermott
- The ANC has welcomed the Press Freedom Commission's findings into the press regulatory system, saying it is "legitimate regulation of the media".
- 26 Apr 2012 00:00 - Glenda Daniels
- The Press Freedom Commission has called for more public participation and a hierarchy of penalties, but rejected the idea of a media tribunal.
- 26 Apr 2012 00:00 - Franz Krüger
- Joe Thloloe, South Africa's press ombudsman, has been honoured with the Order of Ikhamanga (silver) during one of media's most difficult times.
- 20 Apr 2012 00:00 - Glenda Daniels
- A new regulatory regime is imminent for SA's newspaper industry wherein an independent regulator will have the power to impose fines on newspapers.
- 24 Feb 2012 00:00 - Glenda Daniels
- NEWS ANALYSIS: There is little clarity about the form a media appeals tribunal is likely to take.
- 11 Feb 2012 17:21 - Staff Reporter
- The Press Council's Ombudsman has reported to editors a 70% increase over the last three years in the number of complaints about newspaper reports.
- 10 Feb 2012 11:44 - Kwanele Sosibo
- Black consciousness is mostly ignored by the media, but it doesn't support censorship.
- 03 Feb 2012 00:00 - The Editorial
- Ruling party's participation in the hearings of the Press Freedom Commission comes as a surprise.
- 01 Feb 2012 17:56 - Sipho Kings
- At the Press Freedom Commission hearings, Public Protector Thuli Madonsela called for the press ombud to be "beefed up" and given more autonomy.
- 01 Feb 2012 06:21 - Sipho Kings
- Newspaper editors have warned the Press Freedom Commission that introducing a media appeals tribunal would be "the death knell of a free press".
- 31 Jan 2012 15:08 - Sipho Kings
- The ANC still wants "independent regulation" for the media, arguing that self-regulatory efforts are undermined by vested interests.
- 30 Jan 2012 11:29 - Staff Reporter
- The amended press code does not properly define or address plagiarism, editor Barney Mthombothi said at the Press Freedom Commission hearings.
- 27 Jan 2012 00:00 - Glenda Daniels
- But the trade union federation stops short of calling for a mandatory media tribunal.
- 19 Jan 2012 16:13 - Staff Reporter
- The NUM says media houses have sufficient legislation to express themselves but a vacuum exists when it comes to holding newspapers to account.
- 19 Jan 2012 06:31 - Staff Reporter
- Chaired by Pius Langa, the Press Freedom Commission is due to begin its first public hearings, in Cape Town, on the mooted regulation of print media.
- 15 Dec 2011 00:00 - Glenda Daniels
- The Press Freedom Commission returned from an international study tour and will be able to show the ANC a good example of press self-regulation.
