All panellists wish to state that they have
learnt in the course of this Inquiry that the current system of self- or
co-regulation of the print and online media and by the broadcasting industry appears
to be working well and to the benefit of the South African democracy.
18/1/2020
Few commercial sectors engaged in the level of introspection and self-regulation as the Fourth Estate and the two and a half year SANEF commission of inquiry into ethical challenges facing South African journalism showed that there was no need for politically-imposed strictures here.
This opinion was expressed by retired judge Kathleen Satchwell at a
Asia Sentinel
China: Manufacturing Consent in South Africa
Analysis of China’s image in selected South African media during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic
Jan 6
By: Anton M. Pillay
A few months ago, China temporarily withdrew its ambassador to Pretoria after waiting for more than a year for South Africa to appoint an emissary to Beijing. It appears that the Chinese would only accept Siyabonga Cwele, a former South African intelligence minister, minister of state security and minister of telecommunications and postal services. South African authorities are believed to have refused to issue Cwele a security clearance, preventing his appointment over Cwele’s apparent scrapping of a probe into the controversial Gupta family, whose ties to former President Jacob Zuma played a major role in bringing down Zuma’s government.
By Xia Yuanyuan · 2020-10-28 · Source: ChinAfrica
Chinese and African officials and experts lauded achievements in China-Africa cooperation and called for closer ties between China and Africa at a webinar to mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) on October 28.
With the theme of 20 Years of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation: Prospects and Perspectives, the webinar was hosted by BEIJING REVIEW, a media outlet under China International Publishing Group (CIPG). Officials and media professionals from China and African countries reviewed the important role of FOCAC in promoting China-Africa cooperation in all fields in the past two decades, offered suggestions on the future development of China-Africa cooperation.