4 May 2004
Scoop: Mozambican academic degree in journalism
For the first time, Mozambicans are offered an opportunity to obtain an academic degree in journalism. Read about it in MediaNews, the newsletter of the NiZA Media Programme.
4 May 2004
Southern Sun, a fixture in southern Namibia
Within two years the Southern Sun has grown into a vibrant publication. It is filling an important news gap in the south of Namibia and also ensures that elected officials are being held accountable for their actions.
4 May 2004
‘Access to media has increased’
The end of apartheid ten years ago was the start of freedom of expression in South Africa. Censorship laws were repealed and media diversity increased. The access to media of historically disadvantaged, ethnical and social-economic groups has explanded. This goes for access in the form of ownership as well as the ability to consume media. Three organisations make some observations in hindsight.
4 May 2004
What’s Behind the Mask?
Behind the Mask is a website that reports on lesbian and gay affairs in Africa. "We do that through collecting and researching stories", says Musa Ngubane. "We cannot rely on mainstream media resources and have had to build our own network of correspondents and contacts to generate our own information." Ngubane reports what’s 'behind the mask'.
4 May 2004
A gathering storm?
South Africa is celebrating ten years of democracy. As the former liberation movement and the government for the past decade - it’s really the ANC's party. It is an election year and only the ANC is truly at liberty to criticize and assess itself. When anyone else does it, even independent commentators, they are suspected of being a closet supporter of one of the opposition parties, or worse, of harbouring a longing for the apartheid era. Which corner you are painted into depends on your race.
4 May 2004
A Congolese Media Congress puts in place a Media Observatory
We’ve been right to place our bets on the Congolese press! Fourteen years after the N’Sele Congress gave birth to the Congolese Press Union (UPC), a recent major gathering of Congolese media professionals, only the third of its kind, served to reestablish a foundation for a free, democratic and responsible media by creating the "National Union for the Congolese Press" (UNPC).
4 May 2004
Zapiro: 1994 - 2004
