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by RICHARD STEYN MEDIA FREEDOM IN A LIBERAL-DEMOCRATIC SOUTH AFRICA The three recognised pillars of a modern democracy are the executive, the legislature (Parliament, Congress) and
The following is a list of South African media, including newspapers, television stations, radio stations and various alternative media.
of South Africa were not drawn into believing everything the media told them, but because experience in the society was so stratified, it was often difficult for them to test what they had learnt in the media, with their experiences.
African media since Ghana’s independence Edited by Elizabeth Barratt and Guy Berger 50 Years of Journalism . ISBN 9780868104386 Published by The African Editors’ Forum,Highway Africa and Media Foundation for West Africa in Johannesburg,South Africa,in June 2007 Design and production by Shahn Irwin Printed by Paarl Print,Oosterland St,Dal Josafat, Paarl,7646,South Africa Tel: +27 21 868
SOUTH AFRICA FREEDOM HOUSE Freedom on the Net 2011 2 . Access to the internet has steadily improved in South Africa despite the obstacles that remain, and options for …
Latest trends in technology for news media in Africa Sibusiso Nkomo The latest trend in news media and communications technology in Africa shows a continent on an upward economic trajectory but still haunted by poverty and low levels of education. Access to news is not the same in every country even though technologies such as cellphones are widely available. This article is an examination of
(See Declaration on Principles of Freedom of Expression in Africa, pg306, MISA.pdf; & AMDI.pdf) Given all this, what has also happened in the past 20 years, is that media theorists and activists have
Media freedom is a right that benefits all Some members of the media and some opponents of media freedom sometimes wrongly suppose that media freedom is a right primarily enjoyed by (and for the
SOUTH AFRICAN MEDIA: SECTOR ANALYSIS Prof. Jane Duncan, Department of Journalism, Film and Television, University of Johannesburg Presentation for the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Communications, 19 August 2014
The Media Institute of Southern Africa Officially launched in September 1992, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) is a non-governmental organisation with members in 11 Southern Africa …
MEDIA AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS A PRACTICAL GUIDE FRAMEWORK CONTRACT COM 2011 – REINFORCING EC MEDIA DEVELOPMENT CAPACITIES SERVICE CONTRACT NO. 2011-283166. 2 FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, MEDIA AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS LIST OF ACRONYMS ACP Africa, Caribbean and Pacifi c Countries ATI Access to information BBC British Broadcasting Corporation CIMA Center for International Media …
the ANC and the media in South Africa, I‟ve drawn a picture, possibly overdrawn, of a highly contentious politics in the ANC vis-à-vis its support of the Protection of Information Bill and a Media Appeals Tribunal, of an organisation virtually turning against its own
South Africa, which covers 470,462 square miles of the southern tip of the African continent, is home to more than 43 million people. It is bordered by Namibia in the northwest, Zimbabwe and Botswana in the north, Mozambique in the northeast, Swaziland in the east, and the Indian and Atlantic oceans in the south
3 Introduction This book is a record of an international conference – “New Media: The Press Freedom Dimension Challenges and Opportunities of New Media for Press Freedom”
This chapter will focus on some specific issues pertaining to media ethics, democracy, and citizenship in South Africa. As a postcolonial, ‘new’ democracy marked by huge socio-economic inequalities, while at the same time emerging as a regional economic growth point, South Africa’s struggles
South African Constitution.1 Freedom of expression includes freedom to receive or impart information, freedom of artistic creativity, academic freedom and freedom of scientific research. However, these freedoms, including those relating to the media, are not enforced. Thus, there is no obligation by the State to actively promote and enforce these rights. In addition, the limitations to freedom
The reality of accessing government information in Africa is often at odds with the legislative frameworks in place to ensure the “right to know”. This factsheet looks at the state of freedom of information on the continent, as well as developments that have changed the legislative landscape.
The Freedom of the Press Report lists South Africa as being among the countries with one of the biggest declines in press freedom, dropping four places. It is now being seen as only “partly free”
South Africa’s media now rated ‘partly free’ as it drops
The future of media freedom in South Africa under threat
The wave of protests that has swept across South African universities in recent times reflects the undercurrent sociopolitical tensions of the broader society. Universities, after all, are
~’~ritioa*a~s media freedom and human rights A Tale of Two Paradoxes: Media Censorship in South Africa, Pre-Liberation and Post-Apartheid Christopher Merrettt Abstract Prior to liberation from apartheid, South Africa’s information system laboured under a draconian system of censorship that could have crippled the media. Yet the tradition of defiance and the rise of a strong civil rights
prior judicial restraint and media freedom 13 is a draconian curtailment of free expression, since it prohibits, in advance of publication, matter “from seeing the light of day”. 4 It is therefore for good reason
Trends of Ownership and Control of Media in South Africa – Version 3.2 Page 9 of 149 The media industry can be categorised into three distinct sub-sectors:
Group discussion on freedom began by considering the role of freedom in post-conflict societies. Moving away from Moving away from the definitions found in many of South Africas liberation narratives, participants demonstrated a reluctance to
THE ROUNDABLET 153 Citizen newspaper was a case in point, a paper designed specifically to counter the liberal Rand Daily Mail. At the same time foreign journalists were wined, dined and bribed in an
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) presents the 2018 press freedom barometer.
South Africa ranked 39 out of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index, above the US and one place behind the UK, though that does say as much about the deteriorating state of press freedom
South Africa ranks 52nd out of 179 countries in Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF’s) 2013 index of press freedom – down from 42nd position the year before. After the Arab Spring and other dramatic political movements, this year’s index “is a better reflection of the attitudes and intentions of governments towards media freedom in the medium or long term,’ said the organisation.
media freedom – is a precondition for the enjoyment of other rights. The very first session of the United Nations General Assembly in 1946 put it thus: Freedom of …
Media Law and Practice in Southern Africa Obscenity Laws and Freedom of Expression A Southern African Perspective No. 12 January 2000 This paper is one of a series dealing with media law and practice in countries belonging to the
Freedom of Expression is guaranteed in s 16 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996 which provides: 1. Everyone has the right to freedom of expression, which includes-(a) freedom
South African Media Development and Diversity Agency Act, No. 14 of 2002 South African National Film and Video Foundation Act No. 73 of 1997 South African Promotion of Access to Information Act No. 2 of 2000 – Manual
Endorsing the conclusions of the Dialogue on Media Freedom in Africa held on the 15th May 2013 in the Pan-African Parliament in Midrand, South Africa under the theme of “Press Freedom for Development and
A) Parliament and the Media: Securing an Effective Relationship B) Commonwealth Freedom of Information Principles For more information on the World Bank Institute’s media and parliamentary programme, please
Restricting Freedom of Expression: Standards and Principles areas of restrictions – such as defamation law, media regulation and protection of national security. To do justice to these issues would require a full‐length book.
crime in South Africa is not only about how many prisons we have but about preventing people from committing crime to begin with. It is the same with media in addressing legitimate concerns.
the media in a democratic South Africa require that debates about media freedom do not remain on the level of self-regulatory procedures , but extend to the substantive questions about what the outcome of self-regulation should be.
significance in South Africa’s constitutional order.5 Without this constitutional ‘anchor’ and the broad political consensus that underpinned it, the subsequent civil society campaign for freedom of information legislation would likely have been stillborn.
South Africa will become one of the few countries in the world where freedom of expression is regulated to this draconian extent.” Read: Sanral quietly hikes e-toll prices – here’s how much
To cite this article: Steven Friedman (2011): Whose freedom? South Africa’s press, middle-class bias South Africa’s press, middle-class bias and the threat of control, Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies, 32:2, 106-121
information and media freedom in Africa, as will be evident in Chapter 1. The countries in this study are not identical democracies. Indeed, amongst them is a spread of countries from those belatedly democratised (South
MEDIA FREEDOM IN SOUTH AFRICA 267 of the goals of freedom of expression in general: establishing and maintaining an open and dem-ocratic society.
South Africa’s digital media environment is generally free and open. A culture of free expression exists online, and the online sphere remains diverse and vibrant. Access to the internet and related technologies is a core concern for government, civil society, and the private sector, which has led
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Press Freedom in Africa: Discourses, debates, controversies Herman Wasserman 2. South African media in comparative perspective Colin Sparks 3. Growing pains in the development of a free press in Africa and Asia: A comparative analysis – South Africa and India Jiafei Yin 4.
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The pen and the sword: Media transformation and democracy after apartheid The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s report on the South African media under apartheid is an indictment of the complicity of ‘free’ media with the apartheid state. This chapter examines critiques of the media which argue that the contemporary structures of media ownership promote the reproduction of its
1 MEDIA FREEDOM IN SOUTH AFRICA: THE HIGH ROAD1 2 Prof Kobus van Rooyen SC3 one I am honoured by the request of the National Press Club to deliver the Percy Qoboza
1.2 The mass media market in South Africa 61 2 Experiences of journalists in South Africa 62 2.1 Overview 62 2.2 Broadcasting 63 2.3 Print media 64 2.4 General 67 2.5 Results of the interviews 68 3 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act, 1996 70 3.1 Commencement date 70 3.2 Supremacy of the Constitution 70 3.3 Establishment of an independent regulator 70 3.4 Provisions impacting on
Despite efforts by South African media lobby groups, including the Right2Know Campaign and the Freedom of Expression Institute, as well as civil rights organizations like AfriForum, two incidents last week proved that media freedom in South Africa is still under threat.
South Africa is a secular state, with freedom of religion enshrined in the Constitution
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Africa Media Review Vol. 7 No. 3 1993 ©African Council for Communication Education Press Freedom and the Role of the Media in Kenya by Polycarp J. Omolo Ochilo* Abstract The writer In his paper seeks to discuss the concept of press freedom and the role of the media in Kenya. The paper attempts to critically analyse a number of factors that are seen as limiting the functional roles of the – myth of mental illness pdf 1 Submission to the Press Freedom Commission (PFC) on media self-regulation, co-regulation or statutory regulation in South Africa Prof. Jane Duncan
opponents of the publication of the cartoons, is that there are limits to freedom of expression, and that one of these is the denigration of religion and through that …
THE INCREASED APPLICATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN PUBLIC RELATIONS INDUSTRY By Leány Erasmus Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree
The first democratic elections in South Africa On 27 April 1994, all South Africans were allowed to cast their vote in the first free and democratic elections in the country. It was a pr ofound moment. For the majority of South Africans it had been a long walk Tto freedom in which black South Africans had struggled for many years, against enormous odds. After years of humiliating apartheid
the recent decline in press freedom in south africa Since the implementation of the 2008 Protection of the Information Bill and the 2010 proposed Media Appeals Tribunal, it is often argued that these two developments may affect the country’s press freedom problematically.
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