The country’s media and NGOs can also play a role in restoring human rights in Turkey
Sanef has expressed ‘deep concern’ over Zondo’s comments
The latest media figures show that women are slowly advancing, but their experiences tell of little change at the top
Both the media and civil society need to rethink the way they understand their roles when it comes to social accountability
Freedom of expression is one of the cornerstones of our nascent constitutional democracy, and it is unquestionably a principle worth defending
The law is on the side of men. It doesn’t reflect the real world of tears, torn panties and scepticism
A new anti-terror law is being used to silence any critical media that brings attention to the poor governance of President Biya’s and his government
The media is playing its part in trying to make the powerful and corrupt account to the people of South Africa
We are swept up by what we want to believe and often only question what we don’t like
What if we thought of suicide as the outcome of a terminal illness instead of the outcome of an action?
Associated Press will be using gender-neutral pronouns when referring to nonbinary people
Retrenchments, the threat of a media tribunal, a new Bill and mergers bode ill for newsrooms.
Citizens need to know how to source reliable information to advance their freedoms.
The number of times the Mail & Guardian is cited in Thuli Madonsela’s State of Capture report underscores the need for good investigative journalism.
Reporting is essential in a democracy but police and demonstrators don’t always see it that way.
A series of seminars and two conferences look at how the media should deal with hate speech, writes Glenda Daniels.
Most protests in SA are peaceful despite the majority of images we see, and democracy is not served by such media distortions, writes Jane Duncan
There has been transformation in the fourth estate, particularly in terms of the state of newspapers and radio since apartheid, writes Glenda Daniels.
For the first time, online and social media texts are being regulated alongside printed material
Through something as simple as a list of requirements, media companies are safeguarding the status quo
The hosts had clearly not been briefed about the idiosyncracies of their very different guests.
The ANC’s proposed media appeals tribunal is just another way to entrench sunshine journalism.
The ANC has dropped a welcome bombshell, saying the law has a chilling effect on free speech.
ANC cadres in government can expect a media training course to help them counter "escalating ideological and political attacks" against the party.
Politicians should not use transformation as an excuse to throttle the media into submission.
Neither the market nor the ruling party can be entrusted with the task – so leave it to the youth.
Too often journalists use an attack on freedom as a defence to keep their own limitations covered.
The Cape Times debacle is just one example of how DA leader Helen Zille can show scant respect for journalists and the media, writes Verashni Pillay.
The South African media chose to sensationalise the Oscar Pistorius trial because that’s what the public wanted (and secretly, so did the news media).
Was the SA media coverage of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza unbalanced and riddled with blindly reported inaccuracies?
Pallo Jordan’s alleged falsification of his qualifications should be kept in perspective, argues Danny Schechter.
Mpumalanga-based journalists discovered a new circumcision device, called PrePex, at a Bhekisisa media training event on Monday.