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South Africa’s new Digital News Transformation Fund has announced the appointment of its inaugural Board (Image supplied)

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South Africa’s new Digital News Transformation Fund has announced the appointment of its inaugural Board (Image supplied)

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Russia arrests The Wallstreet Journal reporter on spying charge

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French journalist Dubois freed in Mali

Lucien Libert, Elizabeth Pineau, John Irish, GV De Clercq and Kevin Liffey 22 Mar 2023

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Sanef pickets with Karyn Maughan as she challenges private prosecution

22 Mar 2023

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Joe Biden takes further steps to ban TikTok in US

8 Mar 2023

Former Chief Operating Officer of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC), Phillemon Letwaba has been ordered to pay punitive legal costs to veteran freelance journalist Raymond Joseph (pictured above) / GroundUp

Court orders former Lottery boss to pay punitive legal costs to journalist

Tania Broughton 1 Mar 2023

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Reporters from independent Egyptian news outlet referred to trial

Aidan Lewis, Marguerita Choy 1 Mar 2023

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Tributes pour in for late journalist and apartheid activist Rafiq Rohan

28 Feb 2023

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The Daily Maverick has reported that Daily News editor, Ayanda Mdluli, and Independent Online editor Lance Witten have unconditionally retract the article and apologise to Daily Maverick and its editor Branko Brkic for the harm that was occasioned through the publication of Mr Modiba’s unlawful and defamatory allegations”

IOL apology to Daily Maverick and its editor

23 Feb 2023

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

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Journalist killings up by 50% in 2022

Karabo Ledwaba 18 Jan 2023

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Algerian journalist in custody ahead of trial, lawyers say

Lamine Chikhi 3 Jan 2023

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Journalist imprisonments highest recorded in years

15 Dec 2022

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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

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Sanef announces science journalism internship programme

30 Nov 2022

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All the 2022 national Vodacom Journalist of the Year award winners

25 Nov 2022

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

18 Nov 2022

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Philippines prison chief arrested for murder of radio journalist

8 Nov 2022

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Nataliya Ilyushina 8 Nov 2022

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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey apologises to fired staff

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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!

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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

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Nigerian regulator says media outlet closure in Zamfara state is illegal

18 Oct 2022

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

Elias Biryabarema 18 Oct 2022

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

Garba Muhammad 17 Oct 2022

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