MAHLATSE MAHLASE: Defending media freedom in SA is a continuous battle
29 days ago
At an event to mark World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, the following speech was delivered by South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) secretary general Mahlatse Mahlase.
We join the world in marking World Press Freedom Day – an opportunity to take a moment to reflect on the long and sometimes arduous journey to an independent but protected media. It is also an opportunity for all of us – government, opposition, civil society, citizens and journalists - to commit to doing our part to ensure that journalists do their work without fear or favour – contributing to strengthening our deepening democracy.
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Last year brought a reckoning for the media, as jobs were eviscerated and advertising revenue evaporated. This decimation in the sector, which accelerated trends already evident for decades, was wrought by the global pandemic to refashion the media of the future.
Print readership plummeted as readers shifted to (free) online. There’s no doubt that the Covid-induced recession in the media will continue to stain it for years to come. These are the findings of a report titled “Thinking globally, acting locally – Reviving and sustaining South African journalism in a post-Covid-19 world” by Dr Harry Dugmore, released by the Open Society Foundation for South Africa and School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University.
The journalist reportedly named an EFF leader as a suspect in a rape investigation.
Police later issued a statement saying he was not a suspect and the journalist had not consulted police.
The South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) has strongly condemned the cyberbullying of Daily Sun journalist Amos Mananyetso.
Mananyetso wrote an article in which he revealed that a 23-year-old woman had opened a rape case in Sandton and identified an EFF leader as the alleged perpetrator. The man has strongly denied the allegation.
The Daily Sun claimed that Gauteng police were investigating a case of rape, in which an EFF leader was named and implicated, reported IOL.
SANEF CONDEMNS JOURNO CYBERBULLYING!
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The South
African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) has strongly condemned the
cyberbullying of journalist Amos Mananyetso.
This comes after
an article where he revealed that a 23-year-old woman had opened a rape case in
Sandton and identified an Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader as an alleged
perpetrator.
The man has
strongly denied the allegation.
Following
the publication of the article, the SAPS acknowledged the case had been opened,
and stated that the EFF leader was not a suspect.
As a
result, the journalist has been cyberbullied and threatened on social media
platforms.
“SANEF
maintains that those affected by published or broadcast material should always
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