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Zimbabwe journalists suffer as regime tightens grip
Rights groups have accused Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa of persistently violating human rights since he took office in 2018.
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SACP says eNCA must take strong stance against Kanthan Pillay over ‘rat’ tweet
Pillay was forced to apologise to journalist Samkele Maseko and the SABC on Thursday.
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EFF calls for eNCA boycott over 'racist treatment' of black journalists
eNCA political reporter Samkele Maseko has accused the broadcaster’s news boss Kanthan Pillay of censorship, unfair treatment, and racism.
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Activists raise concerns over rights violations in eSwatini
The monarchy is in the spotlight again following claims by two journalists, a politician and a prophet that they were threatened with treason after criticising King Mswati III.
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Four Burundian journalists charged with undermining state security
The journalists from domestic news website Iwacu and their driver had travelled to report on violence in the northwestern province of Bubanza when they were arrested on Tuesday
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EFF: Sanef wanted to portray us as violators of media freedom
The organisation was responding to the ruling by the Equality Court, which dismissed the application by Sanef to interdict the EFF from intimidating, harassing and assaulting journalists.
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What is the South African media's Black Wednesday about?
Black Wednesday is today an important platform for discussions on media freedom and the extent to which media freedom improved from during the apartheid era.
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Media ethics: Right of reply is crucial, says advisor after Primedia inquiry
The inquiry followed allegations of censorship and editorial interference lodged by former 702 host Karima Brown against her former station manager.
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amaBhungane hails Rica ruling as victory for accountability
The court ruled that the act that allowed the state to tap the phones of South Africans and monitored internet signals was unconstitutional.
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CARTOON: Political double-speak
Dr Jack
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Malema confident court will rule in EFF's favour in journo intimidation case
Sanef and five journalists approached the Equality Court to interdict Julius Malema and the EFF from intimidating and harassing journalists.
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Malema critical of journos, but opposed to violence, court told
The red berets are opposing an application brought by Sanef and five reporters to interdict Malema and the EFF from harassing and intimidating journalists.
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SABC staff were gripped by anger and fear, commission report finds
The commission’s chairperson Dr Joe Thloloe on Monday released a report into editorial interference on Monday.
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Court to rule on Sanef case against EFF over 'intimidation' of journalists
Sanef approached the court on behalf of five journalists after they were attacked by party leader Julius Malema and his supporters.
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Study: Investigative journalism has sunk to unprecedented depths
Investigative journalism has been praised for exposing large scale corruption by high ranking government officials and for connecting the dots in the capture of the state.
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'New York Times' to cease political cartoons after anti-Semitism row
Editor James Bennet said the paper had planned for a year to cease running political cartoons in the international print version of the 'Times', in line with the US edition.
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Nigerian court overturns ban on opposition TV, radio stations
Nigeria's broadcasting regulator said it had suspended the licence of the Daar Communications - the owners of the two outfits - for breaching broadcast rules, not paying licence fees and 'inflammatory' content.
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Protesters slam Sudan state media for coverage blackout
Protesters remain encamped outside the military complex, demanding that the generals who toppled president Omar al-Bashir on 11 April be replaced by a civilian administration.
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Zim cops fire teargas at journalists in newsroom
Police officers allegedly objected to having their photographs taken by a journalist from the media outlet on Thursday.
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ANC: No one must attack or intimidate journos in our name
The ANC has reassured Sanef and eNCA that the altercation between its deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte and journalist Samkele Maseko was not meant to undermine journalists and their freedoms although it may have appeared so.
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ANC to retract statement on Magashule allegations
ANC spokesperson Dakota Legoete said that after consultation with the party's leadership, it will retract the statement saying that there was an orchestrated media campaign against the party.
