[Ferial Haffajee] Commentary from
City Press editor-in-chief Ferial Haffajee on the
City Press decision to remove "The Spear" from their website.
29 May 2012 04:57
NEWSWATCH: Writing in today's
City Press, Ferial Haffajee says that a decision has been taken to remove the controversial image.
28 May 2012 10:12
eNews says it notes, with grave concern, the statement issued by GCIS accusing the channel of bias and selective reporting for not showing video footage of Advocate Gcina Malindi breaking down in tears during court proceedings. eNews has issued the following media statement.
25 May 2012 14:18
City Press editor-in-chief Ferial Haffajee said on Thursday 24 May 2012, she is "deeply disturbed" by SACP's calls to boycott the newspaper over its coverage of the controversial artwork
The Spear.
25 May 2012 08:55
According to the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), the SA government is "appalled and disappointed" that e.tv censored visuals showing Advocate Gcina Malindi breaking down in tears during the South Gauteng High Court proceedings relating to
The Spear portrait.
25 May 2012 08:28
The South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef) has issued the following statement after call by the ANC and senior governing party leaders for a boycott of
City Press newspaper. The forum says the call is "tantamount to intimidation and abuse of power".
25 May 2012 07:47
NEWSWATCH: While ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe is reported by News24.com to have said that the ANC is generally pleased with the report the Press Freedom Commission released yesterday, he's not completely happy with a couple of issues... And on "that painting" front, the ANC is going to court today to stop the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg and
City Press displaying a painting of Zuma with his genitals exposed, reports
Moneyweb.co.za. (video)
22 May 2012 06:18
In a front-page opinion article yesterday, the
Sunday Times demanded the police hand over evidence that its journalists had accepted bribes. The weekly had made four applications under the Promotion of Access to Information Act on Friday (18 May 2012) to this end.
21 May 2012 10:11NEWSWATCH: According to
IOL, an IFP MP, Albert Mncwango, said yesterday that the proposed Protection of State Information Bill is worse than apartheid - so he should have an interesting week. Meanwhile, north of the border, a New Zealand photojournalist has been released after 25 days of "hell" after being arrested in Zimbabwe, reports
Mail & Guardian.
14 May 2012 07:45
NEWSWATCH: You see? It does pay to make a noise... According to reports in
Times Live and
IOL, the governing party has bowed to pressure from a whole range of groups and individuals and proposed a raft of changes to the contentious bill. Meanwhile, the
Sunday Independent has been ordered to print an apology to Julius Malema for some inaccurate reporting, and
Times Live reports that, thanks to smartphones, our use of the internet has risen.
11 May 2012 06:22
[Brent Meersman] Following the fracas after Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson refused to enter the room or speak at a Cape Town Press Club breakfast until an opposition MP had removed himself, there is suddenly talk of the press club being some kind of front "infiltrated" by opposition politicians.
10 May 2012 11:39
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[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] Who exactly, I have wondered as temperatures have risen over the past 10 days over Brett Murray's Zuma Spear painting, is the adult and who is the child in this situation? 29 May 2012 09:17
The Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) has been encouraged and disappointed by the excited response by South Africans to the explicit painting of president Jacob Zuma by artist Brett Murray. 23 May 2012 09:49
The SA National Editors' Forum (Sanef) has issued a brief preliminary statement on changes proposed to the Protection of State Information Bill. 11 May 2012 11:08
