The medium’s power to shape public opinion and promote social cohesion remains significant.
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A lack of political will is to blame for failing to find a suitable funding model for the SABC’s public mandate.
There’s a new wave of indigenous language podcasts that could attract big new audiences.
The famous writer turns 70 this year. She is driven by how South Africans see and hear one another.
Radio audiences have not declined despite an increase in streaming service options.
To rebuild lost trust in the media will require more commitment and effort than just papering over ethical cracks.
Most of the community radio stations operate on a survivalist level, and should be seen as struggling small, medium and micro enterprises.
Even though they were a product of apartheid’s propaganda broadcasting machine, Zulu language radio dramas proved subversively powerful by reflecting communal black life and creating new stars.
For democracy to work, the press has to be free.
Concern at the role of fake sites in influencing South African public opinion has been growing over time.
Multichoice’s dominant power over South Africa’s public sphere suggests that dropping ANN7 may send a bad signal for media freedom and democratic debate.
The only reason journalists will mourn the demise of TV news station ANN7 will be the loss of jobs.
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.
Reforming South Africa’s state owned enterprises should start with greater accountability and financial responsibility.
The scandals surrounding South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, were caused by the neglect of corporate governance rules by the board, the executive authority, and the public enterprises minister.
It’s vital that the problems at the South African Broadcasting Corporation be fixed in the public interest and for democracy, given its wide media reach in the country.
The idea of giving South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma amnesty in exchange for early exit is tempting but it will set a bad precedent.
While some African countries have shown an improvement in press freedom and freedom of expression ratings, others, including South Africa, are seeing worrying trends and a drop in rankings.
South Africa’s parastatals are in a dire state. Instead of being the mandated sites of development and profitability, they are costing the public purse billions and have been abused.
There were high hopes that the SABC would become a true public broadcaster after the end of apartheid when it was used ruthlessly as a propaganda machine. But those hopes have since been dashed.
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Professor and Chair, Department of Journalism, Stellenbosch University
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PhD student in Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor, Stellenbosch University
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Caxton Professor of Journalism, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University
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Professor in Media Studies and Production, University of Cape Town
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Visiting Research Professor in the School of Languages, University of Johannesburg
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Research Fellow, University of Antwerp (Belgium) and University of the Free State (South Africa), University of the Free State
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