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…
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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.
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…
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…
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…
