by Daniel Krähmer | Aug 5, 2010
By Terry BellIn 1993, as the prospect of a non-racist democracy loomed, the last apartheid president, F. W. de Klerk and his minions, ordered the destruction of tonnes of files, microfilm, audio and computer tapes and disks. Information about state-sponsored murders,...
by Daniel Krähmer | Aug 6, 2010
South Africa is a complex democracy, more specifically a neo-liberal democracy. Media transformation is expected to be driven by the market in accordance with neo-liberal policies. However, markets have failed over and over again to drive transformation. This raises a...
by Daniel Krähmer | Aug 6, 2010
By Helga Jansen-Daugbjerg Society and progressive civil society in particular, must take some of the blame for the state threats to the media. This is not some sensationalistic shock statement meant to upset you into action. In it lies the years of abdication from...
by Daniel Krähmer | Aug 11, 2010
By Anele MbiOn 17 and 18 November the Ad Hoc Committee on National Youth Development Agency hosted public hearings at Parliament in Cape Town. There are major concerns regarding the involvement and consultation of young people in establishing this new Agency. This is...
by Daniel Krähmer | Sep 10, 2010
Zizi Kodwa, President Jacob Zuma’s special adviser on communications, says the South African media is in denial about its own shortcomings. The real threat to SA media freedom would not be the proposed Media Appeals Tribunal but the media’s denial that it...