To achieve a deeper democracy, it is necessary to confront the tensions that have existed between the media and successive presidents since 1994.
Evidence at the inquiry into state capture of publications and journalists being paid from the State Security Agency slush fund are alarming
SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande said this week that it was time for independent regulation of the print media industry.
As the ANC goes to its elective conference in Mangaung, we look at the resolutions made at the 2007 Polokwane conference. What have they achieved?
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.
NEWS ANALYSIS: There is little clarity about the form a media appeals tribunal is likely to take.
<b>Nic Dawes</b> says the media should not be embarrassed by Chris Vick, who speaks for money and power, and not for "the little people" as he claims.
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/ 11 February 2012
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.
At the Press Freedom Commission hearings, Public Protector Thuli Madonsela called for the press ombud to be "beefed up" and given more autonomy.
Newspaper editors have warned the Press Freedom Commission that introducing a media appeals tribunal would be "the death knell of a free press".
The ANC still wants "independent regulation" for the media, arguing that self-regulatory efforts are undermined by vested interests.
But the trade union federation stops short of calling for a mandatory media tribunal.
Commission is embarking on a campaign to elicit debate and is researching possible regulation.
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/ 23 September 2011
COMMENT: Parliamentary indaba an attempt to usher in a media appeals tribunal through the side door
<b>Franz Krüger</b> looks at some of the key elements of the Press Council of South Africa’s review that was released on August 18.
For two years, the <i>Guardian</i>, has been chipping away at a media ethics scandal emanating from Rupert Murdoch’s Sunday tabloid.
amaBhungane’s <b>Glenda Daniels</b> explains everything you need to know about the proposed media appeals tribunal, Protection of Information Bill, and government’s threat to pull media advertising. Watch the video for a neat summary of the threats to media freedom in SA at the moment.
Lumko Mtimde, chief executive of the MDDA, has been consistently outspoken in his support for a media appeals tribunal.
A three-pronged attack by the government comes as self-scrutiny increases.
The planned media appeals tribunal is once again high on the ruling party’s agenda .
An ANCYL attack on the press ombud is aimed at boosting a bid by a faction of the ANC for a media appeals tribunal, the Press Council said on Tuesday.
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/ 21 January 2011
Critics say that changes to the Protection of Information Bill do not go far enough.
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/ 14 January 2011
Former M&G chief executive, and chief executive of the MDDA are among 14 candidates short-listed for vacant posts on the SABC board.
The ANC has temporarily backed down from its call to establish a media appeals tribunal, but is adamant the press council must reform its rules.
After all that South Africans had fought for, was the country building "a society of secrets" asked former communications minister Jay Naidoo.
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/ 14 December 2010
There are 145 journalists in jail in 28 countries worldwide — the highest number reported in the past 14 years.
Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says action will be taken ‘once all the building blocks are in place’.
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/ 2 December 2010
There’s renewed focus on newspaper ownership by the ANC, even as they’re becoming less hardline about the Media Appeals Tribunal and the Secrecy Bill.
ANC veteran Pallo Jordan has criticised his party’s media appeals tribunal plans and the Protection of Information Bill at a debate.
Corné and Twakkie fight for your right to blissful ignorance.
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/ 22 October 2010
<strong>Richard Calland</strong> says: "Something potentially very remarkable, and very significant, is happening to civil society in South Africa"
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/ 19 October 2010
Hundreds of people participated in a march through Johannesburg on Tuesday to commemorate Media Freedom Day.