To achieve a deeper democracy, it is necessary to confront the tensions that have existed between the media and successive presidents since 1994.
SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande said this week that it was time for independent regulation of the print media industry.
As the ANC goes to its elective conference in Mangaung, we look at the resolutions made at the 2007 Polokwane conference. What have they achieved?
There is a great deal of important detail still to be finalised, but we should now put the idea of a statutory press commissariat behind us.
NEWS ANALYSIS: There is little clarity about the form a media appeals tribunal is likely to take.
<b>Nic Dawes</b> says the media should not be embarrassed by Chris Vick, who speaks for money and power, and not for "the little people" as he claims.
The Press Council’s Ombudsman has reported to editors a 70% increase over the last three years in the number of complaints about newspaper reports.
At the Press Freedom Commission hearings, Public Protector Thuli Madonsela called for the press ombud to be "beefed up" and given more autonomy.
Newspaper editors have warned the Press Freedom Commission that introducing a media appeals tribunal would be "the death knell of a free press".
The ANC still wants "independent regulation" for the media, arguing that self-regulatory efforts are undermined by vested interests.
<b>Franz Krüger</b> looks at some of the key elements of the Press Council of South Africa’s review that was released on August 18.
For two years, the <i>Guardian</i>, has been chipping away at a media ethics scandal emanating from Rupert Murdoch’s Sunday tabloid.
amaBhungane’s <b>Glenda Daniels</b> explains everything you need to know about the proposed media appeals tribunal, Protection of Information Bill, and government’s threat to…
Lumko Mtimde, chief executive of the MDDA, has been consistently outspoken in his support for a media appeals tribunal.
An ANCYL attack on the press ombud is aimed at boosting a bid by a faction of the ANC for a media appeals tribunal, the Press Council said on Tuesday.
Critics say that changes to the Protection of Information Bill do not go far enough.
Former M&G chief executive, and chief executive of the MDDA are among 14 candidates short-listed for vacant posts on the SABC board.
The ANC has temporarily backed down from its call to establish a media appeals tribunal, but is adamant the press council must reform its rules.
After all that South Africans had fought for, was the country building "a society of secrets" asked former communications minister Jay Naidoo.
There are 145 journalists in jail in 28 countries worldwide — the highest number reported in the past 14 years.
