Media Censorship

Magazine editor Bheki Makhubu, in spite of harassment from King Mswati and his cronies, is undeterred in his bid to expose the regime’s wrongdoings

Six police descended on the corporation’s offices in Sydney armed with a warrant targeting three senior journalists and executives

The Citizen was accused of relaying false information in a recent article on the devaluation of Tanzanian shilling

Many African governments have taken to censoring a variety of apps and sites, especially around election time

Editors and journalists at renowned Newsweek were fired as the company that owns the magazine sought to suppress an exposé

Kenya’s government has brought the role of the media into sharp focus after shutting down three main television stations

Regulating the internet and social media, as the ANC would like to do, would be overreach and inconsistent with the characteristics of a democracy.

The roots of the trouble at the SABC long predate the August 3 local government elections, or the drop in support for the ANC in urban centres.

SABC chief operations officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng has reiterated his desire to see the media regulated, getting South Africans fired up on Twitter.

Africa’s model democracy is sliding into a monocracy that is punishing the media.

The ANC has demonstrated an extreme intolerance to criticism, which suggests Jacob Zuma should be reminded of his own mortality.

Armed only with humour as a weapon, satire wages a brave but dangerous and, in the case of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, deadly war against censorship.

If we are all Charlie Hebdo because we do not stand for media that is oppressed, then we must all be oppressed as a result, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee

President Xi Jinping has overseen a sweeping tightening of controls as part of a broader campaign against anyone seen challenging the ruling party.

The mountain kingdom needs a robust, confident media to cover events without fear or favour – but this is unlikely in this polarised society.