The Hawks 'foul' swoop on wa Afrika
NEWSWATCH: Apparently about eight - yes eight - policemen were deemed necessary to arrest Sunday Times journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika yesterday, Wednesday, 4 August 2010, reports IOL, while the heavy-handed approach used by police to arrest the journalists has generated outrage, reports Times Live. On a happier note, Caxton and Moneyweb, the latter has announced, have joined forces to launch a national platform of local community websites.
For more:
- Capital: Newspaper seeks urgent interdict to free journalist
- Times Live: Sunday Times: Police guilty of detention without trial
- News24.com: Mystery surrounds journo's case
- Times Live: Mzilikazi wa Afrika case thrown out of court
- IOL: 'No press freedom in journo's arrest'... Eight cops to arrest one man - who was in the process of handing himself in anyway? Rather OTT, wouldn't you think?
- Times Live: Clampdown feared as journalist arrested... Some observers are concerned that the heavy-handed police action used in wa Afrika's arrest could herald the start of a crackdown on journalists.
- Moneyweb: Caxton acquires 34% stake in Moneyweb... Now for something completely different... Internet publishing company Moneyweb Holdings and Caxton Publishers & Printers are going to build, manage and operate an online presence for Caxton-owned community newspapers.
See also:
- The Wild Frontier (Ray Hartley's blog): The ANC must be fuming at the police right now. Read on ...
- TechCentral.co.za: Slippery slope to repression
- 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
