World Press Freedom Day

The Heritage and Tourism Indaba, on 25 October, is being convened by the Mandela Bay Development Agency.

North-West University (NWU) academic Prof Leepile Sehularo addressed the contentious issue of marijuana legalisation in South Africa during his inaugural lecture on 20 September…

The giant is stumbling, but how do you prevent its fall?

Governments, philanthropists, Big Tech, readers and media houses themselves must work together to ensure the sustainability of the media ecosystem

“When the threats are not physical, they are economic. The pandemic has already had a devastating impact on the media landscape as advertising revenues have plunged.”

‘Media ownership is becoming increasingly politicised, further undermining the independence of major broadcasters and titles’

Eritrean journalist Seyoum Tsehaye has been in jail since 2001. Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais writes to him in solidarity.

Independent journalism is integral to a thriving democracy and we can’t lie down whenever those in power would seek to mute it, argues Glenda Daniels.

A key theme for this year’s World Press Freedom Day will be how to preserve and deepen the free speech gains symbolised by the Arab Spring.

This year’s Word Press Freedom Day provides a unique opportunity to take stock of the progress, or lack of it, made towards attaining press freedom.

A UN human rights expert has marked World Press Freedom Day by hailing the epoch-making power of the internet.