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Partnership boosts Jet Community Awards

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:20:00 +0200

Free-to-air TV station e.tv this year joined forces with Edcon Group to take the seven-year-old Jet Community Awards to another level - to create awareness around community projects participation and give exposure to those who are working hard under difficult conditions to improve the lives of ‘forgotten' people living in socially-disadvantaged areas of Southern Africa.
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Zim: TV journalists arrested and held during cabinet meeting

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:20:00 +0200

HARARE: Reporters Without Borders yesterday, 22 October 2009, condemned mistreatment by Zimbabwean intelligence agents of two journalists working for Arab satellite TV station al-Jazeera.
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Swaziland media urged to speed up self-regulation process

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:37:00 +0200

MBABANE: Swaziland High Court judge, Justice Thomas Masuku has urged the Swazi media to speed up the process of self-regulation. The judge said this while speaking at the MISA Press Freedom Awards 2009 gala dinner held at Ezulwini Sun Convention Centre early last week.
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Swaziland: Government policy to open ways for media

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:22:00 +0200

MBABANE: The Swazi director of information and media development, Martin Dlamini has expressed government's willingness to work with the media as partners in national development. He thus promised, the government was in the process of revamping and expanding access to information.
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Zim: IFJ cautiously welcomes media reforms pledge

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:37:00 +0200

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate in Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ), cautiously welcomed recent announcements made by the coalition government in its effort to turn over a new leaf on six years of intimidation and stifling of independent journalists.
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SAMRO to award scholarships

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:55:00 +0200

The SAMRO (Southern African Music Rights Organisation) Endowment's Overseas Scholarships competition (SENA), concluding on 29 August 2009 at UNISA's ZK Matthews Hall, South Africa, will see 12 semi-finalists - 11 pianists and one organist - competing in the Western Art and Jazz/Popular Music categories.
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Zim: Parliament submits Media Commission nominations

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:52:00 +0200

HARARE: The Parliamentary Standing Rules and Orders Committee (SROC) on Tuesday, 18 August 2009 said it had endorsed 12 persons whose names have been submitted to the president for appointment to the statutory Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) contrary to media reports that the process had been put on hold.
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Zim: Gov't must fulfil media freedom obligations

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:25:00 +0200

HARARE: MISA-Zimbabwe held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Harare on 15 August 2009 during which its chairperson, Loughty Dube, urged the inclusive government to fulfil its obligations as required in terms of regional and international instruments that protect media freedom and freedom of expression.
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Women still missing from top media posts

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:32:00 +0200

Based on findings from 126 media houses and representing 23 678 employees, "Glass Ceilings: Women and Men in Southern African Media" shows great strides forward when it comes to gender equality in media, but also how much work remains to meet commitments outlined in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Gender and Development.
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Women make a difference in media

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:41:00 +0200

It is late afternoon in Namibia and a current affairs programme at Base FM is about to go on air. Namibian singing sensation Stella Kavendjii breezes in unannounced, baby in her arms, and does an impromptu interview on her new album about HIV and AIDS. Such is the homely atmosphere at this woman-led community radio station that if anyone has an issue, they come in and chat about it.
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