Mat Little interviews the economist Harry Shutt about economic crisis and the left alternative. What marks Harry Shutt out as an economist is not that he predicted the financial crisis that struck in 2007 (two years before he warned of ‘an unavoidable financial...
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Second Critical Thinking Forum on Media Freedom
On Tuesday, 25th August, AIDC/Amandla! in partnership with the Mail and Guardian held the second – in a series of four – critical thinking forums on media freedom in Cape Town which saw the Mandela Gateway at the Waterfront packed to capacity. Chaired by Judge Dennis...
Protection of Information Bill: SA Media Under Attack
By Butjwana Seokoma Former South African President, Nelson Mandela, reminded us in 1994 that: “A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy.” 16 years into democracy, opposition parties, civil society, activists and other...
The ANC’s Media Freedom Doublespeak
By Jane Duncan2 August 2010The ruling African National Congress (ANC) has just released a document on the media for its National General Council (NGC) meeting, scheduled for September. The document, entitled 'Media transformation, ownership and diversity', claims to...
