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/ 10 December 2008
On the eve of reform, China’s regimented media relied on daily slogans, but 30 years on journalists are pushing the envelope.
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/ 21 November 2008
Claims that the SABC had given ANC president Jacob Zuma too much air time have been dismissed by the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of SA.
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/ 4 November 2008
The SABC came in for stick from various quarters on Tuesday, including from the ANC, for alleged political bias in its news coverage.
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/ 1 November 2008
President Kgalema Motlanthe met the South African National Editor’s Forum (Sanef) in Pretoria on Saturday to discuss legislation affecting the media.
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/ 30 October 2008
Here is a ”good news” story about the fight against HIV/Aids: it’s about African broadcasters aligning their power to make a difference.
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/ 24 October 2008
The Ekurhuleni metro council invoked a defunct ordinance from 1939 to ban the media and public from a secret meeting about controversial land issues.
Newspaper editor Davison Maruziva says there’s plenty of freedom of expression in Zimbabwe. The problem is, ”there is no freedom after expression”.
Zimbabwe’s economic catastrophe is plunging the country into an ”information dark age”, according to media analysts.
Two strikingly different speeches — one saying goodbye, and the other saying hello. Two moods and two different styles.
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/ 16 September 2008
The Congress of South African Trade Unions has issued a stinging attack on the role of the media in the tribulations of ANC president Jacob Zuma.
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/ 1 September 2008
SABC reporters are not assigned to stories on the basis of their political allegiance, the national broadcaster said on Monday.
Parastatal Transnet has rejected a report that it has sold off a vast area of Table Bay, including a portion of Robben Island, to foreign investors.
Suspended head of SABC news Snuki Zikalala has been exonerated on all charges of misconduct, the SABC board said on Wednesday.
The talk in US newsrooms is all about redundancies. Mark Pinsky tells of how he lost his job.
Attackers ransacked the offices of two independent Senegalese newspapers at the weekend, editors said on Monday.
A new agency aims to change who tells the continent’s story and how it is told, writes Ferial Haffajee.
Senegal’s ruling party wants to crack down on media critical of the government by blocking advertising revenues and checking for unpaid taxes.
The SAHRC has received complaints against Sunday Sun columnist Jon Qwelane, spokesperson Vincent Moaga said on Wednesday,
A landmark deal between Zimbabwe’s political rivals was hailed by South Africa’s media on Tuesday as a new dawn for the troubled nation.
China’s media marked one month before the opening of the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday, pledging to host a successful Games.
The suspension of SABC head of news Snuki Zikalala has been lifted with immediate effect, the national broadcaster reported on Monday.
Telecommunications behemoth Telkom stands accused of being a headless chicken, with critics saying it is confused about its business strategy.
Lawyers for suspended SABC boss Dali Mpofu on Thursday began the process of challenging the board meeting that led to his suspension.
The media have no space for the poor to raise their views, African National Congress president Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday.
A number of civil-society organisations will form a coalition to address the problems that have beset the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), a statement issued on Wednesday said.
The South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) suspended group executive of news and current affairs, Snuki Zikalala, has lodged a case with the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).