Holding Politicians Accountable

HOLDING POLITICIANS ACCOUNTABLE: REPORTING ON THE 2009 ELECTION & BEYOND
You are invited to attend a free one-day seminar series on March 4 at Hackle Brooke, Johannesburg.
- Resurgent inter-party violence in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape.
- Political leaders turning the heat up with hate speech against their adversaries.
- South Africa’s huddled masses competing [...]

A review of the HSRC’s volume on SA Media

 

Power, Politics and Identity in South African Media
HSRC Press 2008, ISBN 9780796922021
Review by Michael Schmidt
Originally published in Focus #51, journal of the Helen Suzman Foundation
 
The rows centred on Jacob Zuma, the recent attacks on black lesbians, and this year’s antiforeigner murder spree have raised the crucial question of whether the media have stoked South Africans’ apparent reversion to antagonistic roles – [...]

Zambian journalism has come a long way

 Miriam Zimba of the Times of Zambia gives her insight into the state of Zambian Journalism and the challenges faced by women journalists in her country.
1. What is the state of press freedom in your country?
The battle for press freedom in Zambia has come a long way and we have now reached a pinnacle [...]