Media freedom
Patrice Motsepe calls for the protection of media freedom
Motsepe said the best legacy to leave for the younger generation is to ensure the media remains independent, objective and accurate.
On December 4, Palestine TV correspondent Christine Rinawi posted a video on her Facebook account in which Israeli security forces were seen shooting a Palestinian on the ground, killing him.
In its annual report, the CPJ listed 50 journalists imprisoned in China, 26 in Burma, 25 in Egypt, 23 in Vietnam and 19 in Belarus.
On Monday a television journalist was briefly detained by police, while DA federal leader Helen Zille was frog-marched out of a voting station.
Since the date of the local government elections was announced, our newsrooms have sent out reporters to various areas, with some of these proving to be dangerous as reporting crews get robbed and attacked.
Nicaraguan police have raided the premises of independent newspaper La Prensa, which had branded the government a "dictatorship".
Despite the fact that the media’s rights are enshrined in our Constitution, we have learnt in the 27-year journey of our democracy that even when guaranteed, freedom still needs defenders, says Sanef’s Mahlatse Mahlase.
It's Media Freedom Day and Amnesty International in South Africa has called on government to shield journalists from harassment and intimidation.
In his weekly newsleter, President Ramaphosa looked at the 2021 World Press Freedom Index, which has described the state of media freedom in South Africa as ‘guaranteed but fragile’.
The Middle East and North Africa region continues to be the most repressive for journalists, the report found, highlighting the worsening situation in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Syria over the past year.
Hopewell Chin'ono, 48, was jailed a third time last week for posting a video allegedly showing a police officer beating a baby to death.
The implications of disinformation campaigns and public attacks on journalists are far reaching, writes Mahlatse Mahlase.
In an era of instant information sharing it becomes even more important that we guard against false narratives or fake news, writes Phumla Williams.
The 49-year-old, who was arrested again on Tuesday, arrived at the Harare magistrates court in leg irons and handcuffs, where he was charged with obstructing justice and contempt of court over the tweet.
His office also vowed to take 'legal and diplomatic actions' over the depiction of the 66-year-old leader drinking a can of beer in his underpants and looking up a woman's skirt.
Unicef South Africa’s Sudeshan Reddy on Wednesday said while the country had one of the best legislation and protection of children in the media in the world, he called for children to be treated as individuals with and rights.
Ndlozi came under fire for defending party members who were caught on video manhandling eNCA journalist Nobesuthu Hejana, who was trying to cover the EFF’s Clicks shutdown outside a mall in the Western Cape.
The Computer Crime and Cybercrime bill is expected to be tabled in Parliament soon.
Twelve people, including some of France's most celebrated cartoonists, were gunned down on 7 January 2015, when brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi stormed the paper's offices in eastern Paris.