The Future of Public Broadcasting

By Mark WeinbergThis article appeared in the January – March 2010 edition of Amandla Alternative Media publication. It provides an overview challenges confronting community media and the impact of the proposed Public Service Broadcast Bill including financial...
Editorial: Viva COSATU Viva

Editorial: Viva COSATU Viva

The Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC), the publisher of Amandla!, is a founding member of the Right 2 Know campaign and is vigorously opposed to the idea of a media tribunal and other censorship. However, when reading the anti-union and anti-worker...
Inching towards default in Europe | by James Meadway

Inching towards default in Europe | by James Meadway

EU ministers have delayed payment of an €8bn loan disbursal to Greece after the PASOK government admitted it would not meet deficit targets. Without the money, the Greek state may not be able to pay its workers over the next month. These targets were set as part of...