It’s a delicate time for the media as the new people in power consolidate their position.
That the press is out of kilter with the voting preferences of the majority of South Africans is not a bad thing for democracy.
As new media grows in access and reach in South Africa, its freedom status will become central to the quality of our democracy.
It’s excellent for society that journalists’ safety is addressed by editors and enshrined by a statutory body.
A bail-out by government seems the only solution, but what’s to stop the SABC sliding into the deep red once again?
No one disputes that public interest was well served by exposing the private life of Carl Niehaus.
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/ 19 February 2009
It will probably come as a surprise for most to find that unless they get hold of a special Set-Top Box, they won’t get any TV at all in the future.
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/ 5 February 2009
The problems for most African journalists are not the absence of a continental Media Watch body. They are the lack of pressure on problematic governme
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/ 22 January 2009
Like Jacob Zuma drawing on biblical references, Obama also rummaged around for suitable material for his inauguration speech.
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/ 11 December 2008
The first issue is: to whom is election coverage supposed to be fair? Each political party naturally believes that the obligation is owed to it.