PRISA opposes media tribunal

[Samantha Louis] While there is always a need for the Fourth Estate to maintain accountability and to practise their craft responsibly, I do not believe that a media appeals tribunal, as proposed by the ANC, is the answer. 2 Sep 2010 10:21

Sign up - let the truth be told

Let the truth be told! Stop the secrecy law (Protection of Information Bill). Sign up to www.right2know.org.za. A civil society campaign - Right2Know - supported already by over 180 organisations and 400 individuals, is being launched today, Tuesday, 31 August 2010, at 1pm. 31 Aug 2010 10:23

ANC feels pressure over media freedom

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The noose is tightening around South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) as pressure mounts from all corners - locally and internationally - on President Jacob Zuma and his party to scrap the proposed Media Appeals Tribunal and the Protection of Information Bill - two repressive projects critics believe will institutionalise corruption and abuse of power, and set the country on the path of other African failed states. 30 Aug 2010 10:50

Facebook and the killer... Free speech gone mad?

NEWSWATCH: UK gunman Raoul Moat declared war on the British police after having shot and killed a woman, and went on to blind a policeman when trying to kill him too. Moat killed himself after being surrounded by the police and has become something of a hero to a fan club whose members have been posting their tributes on Facebook - which has refused to remove the offending comments, reports IOL. 15 Jul 2010 11:47