“A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy. The press must be free from state interference. It must have the economic strength to stand up to the blan... Read more
Last Sunday the City Press front page lead was headlined SABC’s Hlaudi ‘guilty’ – Public Protector slams widespread abuse of power at public broadcaster. Her report, titled ‘The Blame Game’... Read more
I recently watched an eNCA panel discussion hosted by Jeremy Maggs with two guests, Jeremy Gordin, publisher of the country’s best-selling newspaper, the Daily Sun and William Bird of Media... Read more
“Tony Yengeni, an early Mbeki favourite, had the same experience. Having lost Mbeki’s favour, he found that the Scorpions had leaked to the media details of his bank accounts and the deal wh... Read more
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“The SABC has moved from National Party to ANC control. Its three television channels and 17 radio stations have greater reach than all the country’s newspapers put together. In the pa... Read more
APOLOGY: The Media Online apologises to the SABC for an inadvertent error in the posting of the broadcaster’s response to an opinion piece we published recently. An earlier version of... Read more
