‘Are you really the Jo’burg mayor?" This is a question that Parks Tau gets asked a lot because of his youthful appearance.
ANC as keen as ever to suppress media freedom.
But council reiterates the importance of self-regulation to uphold standards.
MEDIA FREEDOM: The ANC’s backtracking on essential concessions in the Bill is galvanising activists like never before.
President Mutharika faces further protests and a loss of desperately needed aid if he fails to address Malawi’s problems, civil groups and the US say.
The US has withheld $350-million in funding to Malawi following the death of 19 people during two days of public protests last week.
Collusion among multinational cartels blamed for foreign exchange shortages.
Malawi journalists were beaten by police in churches and hospitals in Lilongwe, and were blamed for the demonstrations that swept the country last week.
Whistle-blowers and journalists can still be criminalised, even though concessions have been made to the Secrecy Bill.
Media freedom in South Africa has decreased markedly since 2008, a watchdog says.