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All the Sanef Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards finalists

All the Sanef Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards finalists

Image supplied. Carlos Fernando Chamorro, editor-in-chief of Confidencial (Photo: Mick Friis)

Nicaraguan journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro awarded Wan-Ifra's Golden Pen of Freedom

31 May 2024

Source: © 123rf Icasa rules in favour of DA against SABC on flag-burning election advertisement

#SAelections24: Icasa rules in favour of DA's flag-burning advertisement

27 May 2024

Minister Ronald Lamola. Source: Supplied.

Sanef welcomes Lamola's promise to protect whistleblowers

14 Feb 2023

Source © CGTN Africa Journalists, in particular women journalists, are being threatened, physically as well as virtually

Whose responsibility is journalists' safety - media houses, civil society, government, or society as a whole?

Danette Breitenbach 8 Feb 2023

Journalist killings up by 50% in 2022

Karabo Ledwaba 18 Jan 2023

Algerian journalist in custody ahead of trial, lawyers say

Lamine Chikhi 3 Jan 2023

Journalist imprisonments highest recorded in years

15 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

Pakistani court to oversee investigation into death of journalist in Kenya

Asif Shahzad 6 Dec 2022

New editor-in-chief, strengthened editorial committee as Newzroom Afrika builds for the future

New editor-in-chief, strengthened editorial committee as Newzroom Afrika builds for the future

Newzroom Afrika 1 Dec 2022

Sanef announces science journalism internship programme

30 Nov 2022

All the 2022 national Vodacom Journalist of the Year award winners

25 Nov 2022

Elon Musk's 'hardcore' ultimatum leads to Twitter exodus

18 Nov 2022

Philippines prison chief arrested for murder of radio journalist

8 Nov 2022

What is Mastodon, the 'Twitter alternative' people are flocking to? Here's everything you need to know

Nataliya Ilyushina 8 Nov 2022

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey apologises to fired staff

7 Nov 2022

Why Elon Musk's first week as Twitter owner has users flocking elsewhere

Diana Bossio 4 Nov 2022

Donwald Pressly has died. Source: LinkedIn.

Tributes pour in for late journalist and editor Donwald Pressly

Karabo Ledwaba 28 Oct 2022

The 2022 Western Cape VJOY winners. Source: Supplied.

All the Western Cape VJOY Award winners!

26 Oct 2022

Pakistan's Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif. Source: Reuters.

Pakistan PM orders judicial probe into journalist's killing in Kenya

Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam 26 Oct 2022

The wooden coffin containing the body of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif. Source: Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif allegedly shot dead by police in Kenya

Humphrey Malalo and Gibran Peshimam 25 Oct 2022

Source: © Weerapat Kiatdumrong Black Wednesday in 1977 is remembered as SA Media Freedom Day

Remembering SA World Media Freedom Day

Danette Breitenbach 20 Oct 2022

Nigerian regulator says media outlet closure in Zamfara state is illegal

18 Oct 2022

Image source: Polina Tankilevitch from

Media groups ask Uganda's top court to scrap law over free speech fears

Elias Biryabarema 18 Oct 2022

Nigeria's Zamfara state orders media to close for covering political rally

Garba Muhammad 17 Oct 2022

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends a news conference following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Entebbe, Uganda 26 July 2022. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via Reuters

Ugandan president signs law critics say will stifle free speech

Elias Biryabarema 14 Oct 2022

Image supplied. The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)’s public service announcement campaign, Imagine a World, that describes a world without radio, television or cellphone service

NAB campaign addresses infrastructure vandalism

10 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied. From left is Regina Reyes, Faith Zaba and Diana Mokalled.

Wan-Ifra Women in News Editorial Leadership Award announces 2022 laureates

29 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied.

World News Day to be commemorated across the world

26 Sep 2022

Source © Jacek Sopotnicki Nairobi, Kenya's captial city

William Ruto vs Kenya's media: democracy is at stake

19 Sep 2022

Picture Supplied.

New Frame journalists win Nat Nakasa Award

19 Sep 2022

Source: © Earl Coetzee -

South Africa's Jacob Zuma is taking a top reporter to court. The verdict could affect journalists' rights

Anton Harber 9 Sep 2022

A South African university publisher makes it to 100. A rare and important event

Beth le Roux 29 Aug 2022

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Minister Ronald Lamola. Source: Supplied.

Sanef welcomes Lamola's promise to protect whistleblowers

14 Feb 2023

Source © CGTN Africa Journalists, in particular women journalists, are being threatened, physically as well as virtually

Whose responsibility is journalists' safety - media houses, civil society, government, or society as a whole?

Danette Breitenbach 8 Feb 2023

Journalist killings up by 50% in 2022

Karabo Ledwaba 18 Jan 2023

Algerian journalist in custody ahead of trial, lawyers say

Lamine Chikhi 3 Jan 2023

Journalist imprisonments highest recorded in years

15 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

Pakistani court to oversee investigation into death of journalist in Kenya

Asif Shahzad 6 Dec 2022

New editor-in-chief, strengthened editorial committee as Newzroom Afrika builds for the future

New editor-in-chief, strengthened editorial committee as Newzroom Afrika builds for the future

Newzroom Afrika 1 Dec 2022

Sanef announces science journalism internship programme

30 Nov 2022

All the 2022 national Vodacom Journalist of the Year award winners

25 Nov 2022

Elon Musk's 'hardcore' ultimatum leads to Twitter exodus

18 Nov 2022

Philippines prison chief arrested for murder of radio journalist

8 Nov 2022

What is Mastodon, the 'Twitter alternative' people are flocking to? Here's everything you need to know

Nataliya Ilyushina 8 Nov 2022

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey apologises to fired staff

7 Nov 2022

Why Elon Musk's first week as Twitter owner has users flocking elsewhere

Diana Bossio 4 Nov 2022

Donwald Pressly has died. Source: LinkedIn.

Tributes pour in for late journalist and editor Donwald Pressly

Karabo Ledwaba 28 Oct 2022

The 2022 Western Cape VJOY winners. Source: Supplied.

All the Western Cape VJOY Award winners!

26 Oct 2022

Pakistan's Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif. Source: Reuters.

Pakistan PM orders judicial probe into journalist's killing in Kenya

Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam 26 Oct 2022

The wooden coffin containing the body of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif. Source: Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif allegedly shot dead by police in Kenya

Humphrey Malalo and Gibran Peshimam 25 Oct 2022

Source: © Weerapat Kiatdumrong Black Wednesday in 1977 is remembered as SA Media Freedom Day

Remembering SA World Media Freedom Day

Danette Breitenbach 20 Oct 2022

Nigerian regulator says media outlet closure in Zamfara state is illegal

18 Oct 2022

Image source: Polina Tankilevitch from

Media groups ask Uganda's top court to scrap law over free speech fears

Elias Biryabarema 18 Oct 2022

Nigeria's Zamfara state orders media to close for covering political rally

Garba Muhammad 17 Oct 2022

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends a news conference following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Entebbe, Uganda 26 July 2022. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via Reuters

Ugandan president signs law critics say will stifle free speech

Elias Biryabarema 14 Oct 2022

Image supplied. The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)’s public service announcement campaign, Imagine a World, that describes a world without radio, television or cellphone service

NAB campaign addresses infrastructure vandalism

10 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied. From left is Regina Reyes, Faith Zaba and Diana Mokalled.

Wan-Ifra Women in News Editorial Leadership Award announces 2022 laureates

29 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied.

World News Day to be commemorated across the world

26 Sep 2022

Source © Jacek Sopotnicki Nairobi, Kenya's captial city

William Ruto vs Kenya's media: democracy is at stake

19 Sep 2022

Picture Supplied.

New Frame journalists win Nat Nakasa Award

19 Sep 2022

Source: © Earl Coetzee -

South Africa's Jacob Zuma is taking a top reporter to court. The verdict could affect journalists' rights

Anton Harber 9 Sep 2022

A South African university publisher makes it to 100. A rare and important event

Beth le Roux 29 Aug 2022

Saudi woman sentenced to 34 years in prison for tweets

26 Aug 2022

Daily Maverick vindicated as it wins defamation case

Tania Broughton 17 Aug 2022

Image supplied. All the Sanlam financial journalism award winners

All Sanlam financial journalism awards winners

15 Aug 2022

Source © Ion Chiosea

The role of media in a Kenyan election: what you should know

5 Aug 2022

Meta has 7 days to comply with Kenya's cohesion watchdog

1 Aug 2022

Source: © IOL eSwatini has recently been rocked by pro-democracy protests which have steadily intensified

Media freedom in Esawtini declines further as Swaziland News and editor announced as terrorists

Aphiwe Kunene 25 Jul 2022

Source: © Mail & Guardian Veteran poet, legendary journalist and renowned author, Donato Francisco “Don” Mattera passed away peacefully on Mandela Day

Paying tribute to poet, journalist and activist, Don Mattera

20 Jul 2022

Source: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) All over the world journalists are facing face escalating threats and targeted attacks

TRF's new tool for journalists to manage online harassment and abuse

8 Jul 2022

Source: © iqoncept

Journalists' excluded from PoPIA

6 Jul 2022

Daily Maverick’s Pieter-Louis Myburgh receiving the Story of the Year for Digital Vibes

Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards set benchmark for excellence

1 Jul 2022

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