The self-regulatory system needs to be reviewed to address the ethics and credibility crisis facing journalism in our country
Considering how much power the media wields means there is a case to be made for government oversight instead of its self-regulation
Evidence at the inquiry into state capture of publications and journalists being paid from the State Security Agency slush fund are alarming
COMMENT We live in a divided political environment and amid radical economic disparities. But there is one thing on which virtually everyone in Botswana agrees: most of the news and information we are fed is biased. There are constant complaints about bias, from readers and politicians alike. These complaints are not groundless. As director of […]
The renowned journalist and writer has held senior editorial positions in both print and broadcast media
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The Press Council of South Africa has announced that Latiefa Mobara has been appointed as its new executive director
The ANC claims they’re vindicated by a Press Council verdict on a recent M&G headline. Play "Devious, or Dim?". You be the judge.
The number of complaints to the press ombud in South Africa is relatively low, the Press Freedom Commission has been told.
The cartoonist believes it is too prescriptive and ignores the creative freedom of artists.
But council reiterates the importance of self-regulation to uphold standards.
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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/ 10 February 2008
The print media was, as usual, overreacting to the African National Congress’s (ANC) intentions to investigate the establishment of a media tribunal in South Africa, ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe said on Sunday. Motlanthe was speaking at the South African National Editors’ Forum question-and-answer session in Cape Town.
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/ 6 February 2008
Newspapers are beginning to deal with whether Jacob Zuma and his backers will be magnanimous in his victory … or vengeful towards them. Last week, the new ANC president pruned his legal actions against the press. He can now afford to do so politically, and many of the cases were probably unlikely to succeed anyway.
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/ 7 November 2007
Self-regulation for newspapers ratcheted up a gear last week with the inaugural meeting of the Press Council in Johannesburg. But the African National Congress (ANC) is also notching up its own pressure on the press. Comprising a panel of citizens and journalists, the Press Council was launched earlier this year to beef up the existing ombudsman in handling complaints about coverage. The system is a kind of fifth estate to check on the fourth.