Allow me to start my talk with a personal story that illustrates our current dilemma: In 1977, I was a guest of the State, detained in Pietermaritzburg under Section 6 of the Terrorism Act.... Read more
OPINION: One has to admire the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for clinging so tenaciously to life and like Donald Trump, coming up with all manner of bluster and bravado in an effort... Read more
South Africa has an effective and functioning advertising self-regulator. But it doesn’t always work as it should. The self-regulatory regime in place cannot do enough to protect consumers b... Read more
The Media Policy and Democracy Project recently launched its most up-to-date research report, this time tackling the now thorny issue of press regulation in South Africa. The aim of the repo... Read more
Just over a year ago, The Guardian newspaper published National Security Agency (NSA) spy Edward Snowden’s revelations about mass surveillance in the US. Digital activists are marking this d... Read more
Recently the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Communications held the third in a series of public hearings on print media transformation. Many in the print media industry have been scept... Read more
