Support for media tribunal is 'appalling'

For more:

• IOL: 'Media tribunal violates constitution'... Louw says that the government's moves are a clear violation of the constitution. He also says, as reported in Mail & Guardian, that the ANC and the SACP don't seem to have a clue as to how the ombudsman's office actually works.
  
• Mail & Guardian: DA takes aim at media tribunal, info Bill... Sounding quite Churchillian, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille says "We will never surrender our right to know" and has vowed to take the fight to preserve media freedom all the way to the Constitutional Court.
  
• IOL: Ngubane slams irate SABC directors... Responding to reports of board members being somewhat underwhelmed by his leadership, SABC board chairman Ben Ngubane says they are "undisciplined" for airing the board's dirty washing in public.

See also:

• ANC.org.za: discussion paper on media transformation, ownership and diversity
  
• Bizcommunity special section: special focus on media freedom
  
• Bizcommunity Twitterfall: #ZAmediafreedom
  
• Google News Search: Protection of Information Bill media appeals tribunal
  
• Twitter Search: #ZAmediafreedom
  
• Google Blog Search: Protection of Information Bill media appeals tribunal