Finding the right balance between media freedom and limits remains one of the greatest challenges modern democracies face.
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To build a political culture that supports democracy in South Africa, civic education needs to move beyond voter education.
Journalists need to hold firmly to the ethical standards that assure audiences their work is reliable and credible.
This is the age we live in, and it is crucial that fact-checkers be in place to help media consumers guard against falsehoods.
South Africans have a right to know why the lapses at Sunday Times occurred and why those that spoke up against them were silenced.
Forty years after the apartheid regime clamped down on the free press, South Africa’s media continues to face threats, albeit in more subtle forms than in the past.
As South Africa marks Media Freedom Day, it’s clear that its battle isn’t over. Attacks on journalists continue –through physical intimidation and there’s also the threat of new laws.
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Associate researcher, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor and Chair, Department of Journalism, Stellenbosch University
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Chief Research Specialist in Democracy and Citizenship at the Human Science Research Council and a Research Fellow Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor in Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand