Radio listening clubs in rural African communities

Rural radio clubs promise future benefits for advertisers and marketers. 14 Mar 2007 12:22

Daily News license refused

Zimbabwe's beleaguered Daily News has been refused its hastily prepared registration as a publisher on Saturday. This follows a court victory allowing it to resume publishing, after police twice raided its offices and confiscated equipment. 19 Sep 2003 16:21

Zimbabwe to test 3G

Trials of Zimbabwe's 3G network are due to commence next month says Econet Wireless. 21 May 2007 11:34

Pan-African youth get Up Front

Millions of young adults in Africa can now tune in for candid discussions about issues affecting them on Up Front, Voice of America's (VOA) newest radio show. 17 May 2007 17:05

Beating of media lawyer slammed

Outraged by the police attack on Zimbabwean human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, and three other attorneys last week, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called for a full and transparent investigation of the incident. 14 May 2007 14:57

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Synovate strikes global panel partnership with GMI

Global market research company Synovate has entered a worldwide partnership with GMI (Global Market Insite, Inc.), one of the world’s leading panel and market research software providers. This partnership gives Synovate access to over six million panellists across the globe. Combined with its existing ViewsNet panels, this partnership now enables Synovate to offer panel research in more than 50 markets. 20 Apr 2007 20:09

Big Brother Africa returns

M-Net's Big Brother Africa is back by popular demand and entry for the second season is now open. 16 Apr 2007 17:30

Al Jazeera launching in SA 'within weeks'

The Arabic news channel, Al Jazeera, will be broadcasting from South Africa "within weeks". It will have offices in 12 African countries, which include South Africa and Zimbabwe. This was announced in Johannesburg yesterday, Thursday 21 September, by Nigel Parsons, the managing director of Al Jazeera International. 22 Sep 2006 09:20

African perspectives on PR education

[Boitumelo Mmotlana & Mmoneng Gwebu] Pioneers in the fields of public relations and communication academia gathered at an academic forum running alongside the main Federation of African PR Associations (FAPRA) conference last week to discuss the future public relations curriculum to be offered on tertiary level. 28 May 2006 12:40

Nampak wraps up Gold Pack awards

At last week's Gold Pack Awards - the African packaging industry's equivalent of the Loeries - the Nampak Group won six gold awards, 12 silver awards and nine special trophies. In addition, the Group's Zimbabwe-based divisions netted seven 'Out of Africa' awards and won the prestigious 'Star of Africa' award for the best pack produced by an African operation outside South Africa. 23 Oct 2005 12:36

New study on Southern African media laws launched

The Nelson Mandela Institute has published a new study on media laws in four southern African countries. "SADC Media Law: A Handbook for Media Practitioners" gives an overview of media laws and journalistic practices in Malawi, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. 13 Jan 2004 06:00

World journalists back Daily News fight: 'Press Freedom's Biggest Battle in Africa'

The International Federation of Journalists today called for a worldwide campaign among journalists' groups to defend the Daily News in Zimbabwe after a weekend in which police closed down the independent daily for a second time and the paper's director was arrested at his home. 28 Oct 2003 08:56

Media Council of Zimbabwe launched

The launch of the Media Council of Zimbabwe on May 10 has left the future of the statutory Media and Information Commission hanging by the thread. 11 Jun 2007 10:00