At root, Fifa wants to protect its mega-revenue flow of selling live broadcast rights to TV networks, writes <b>Guy Berger</b>.
The media helped make Julius Malema a celebrity. What the media now needs is to make its own star who can champion the cause of media freedom.
As one of the many stranded by the ash cloud over Europe, and unable to get home for five days, <b>Guy Berger</b> found himself on the internet a lot.
Titled <i>The Feet of the Chameleon</i>, Ian Hawkey’s recent book on African football could equally be dubbed the "feat" of the chameleon.
East Africa’s powerful media house, The Nation Group, celebrated its 50th birthday last week with a major media conference.
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/ 24 February 2010
Karl Marx famously said the first time history repeats itself is tragic; the second is farce.
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/ 10 February 2010
If you lived in an oil-rich country like Angola, you would certainly want to have transparency in the mining contracts signed by your government.
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/ 27 January 2010
When a church bans a bishop from speaking to the media, you have to wonder what’s next. Blocking the man from addressing his parishioners?
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/ 10 December 2009
As the silly season arrives, media space gets turned over to the ”newsmaker of the year”.
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/ 25 November 2009
Editors have expressed deep concern over journalists having to sign away rights to get access to Fifa and other sporting events.