In a dumbfounding move, Independent Media last week announced that it will opt out of the Press Council system. Instead the company has appointed its own in-house Ombudsman to administer and... Read more
The press ombud has ordered Independent Media to apologise to journalist Gill Moodie after she submitted a complaint about a story at least six of its titles published, titled ‘Exposé: The d... Read more
Shortly after Dr Iqbal Survé took control of Independent News Media almost three years ago with a multimillion rand loan from the PIC – repayable only after five years – one of the country’s... Read more
Lawyers for former Cape Times editor, Alide Dasnois, have struck back at Independent Media by lodging a complaint with the Press Ombudsman over coverage in that newspaper over the settlement... Read more
OPINION: Once again, a complex debate over media freedom in South Africa has raised its head, writes Chris Moerdyk. But the answer, I believe, is actually quite simple. There are those criti... Read more
The Democratic Alliance has approached the Press Ombudsman over a story in The New Age on Monday. The party’s spokesman on communications, Gavin Davis, said the newspaper “contravened the Pr... Read more
