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AMABHUNGANE

No easy fix to SA media money crisis

The closure of the New Frame, which sought to chase quality over clicks, is a cautionary tale of the pitfalls of donor funding

  • Sarah Smit
8 min read
US curtailment of information on, and access to, contraception and abortion care is a human rights violation
ABORTION

Battery acid, cassava sticks and clothes hangers: We must end the global gag rule

COMMENT: The US’s global gag rule blocks funding to any foreign NGOS that perform abortions, except in very limited cases. The Biden-Harris administration must rescind it

  • Nelly Munyasia
  • Womba Wanki
5 min read
While important, a media landscape that solely awards, funds, or publishes a narrowly defined set of stories incentivises journalists to pursue incomplete, and distorted coverage. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
ADEWUNMI EMORUWA

The mistakes donors make when funding African media

Donors are rushing to fund media in Africa — but here’s a few things they should think about before they do

  • Adewunmi Emoruwa
5 min read
Moody’s was the only major ratings agency not to downgrade South Africa’s sovereign debt to junk status in 2017. (Shuttershock)
ABANTU BOOK FESTIVAL

Best not to rely on fickle donors

If art organisations and governments do not realise their worth, they will forever be at the mercy of some donor funders

  • Zukiswa Wanner
5 min read