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Sanef welcomes court’s decision to postpone case against e-TV reporter and editor

Sanef’s press statement of 25 January, 2010, regarding the court’s decision to postpone the case… Read more…

Monday, 25 January 2010

Sanef calls for police and prosecuting authorities to withdraw Section 205 subpoenas

Sanef’s press statement of 24 January, 2010, urging police and prosecuting authorities to withdraw Section… Read more…

Sunday, 24 January 2010

Sanef appalled that Section 205 of the Criminal Procedures Act has been invoked against journalists

Sanef’s press statement of 19 January, 2010, regarding Section 205 of the Criminal Procedures Act… Read more…

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

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Sanef Programme - Quality

Quality

Sanef promotes excellence in journalism through training and education programmes as well as our free-of-charge publications.

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Sanef Programme - Freedom

Freedom

Sanef supports a free press and the right of the media to work without fear of reprisal or intimidation.

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Sanef Programme - Ethics

Ethics

Sanef is committed to encouraging ethically-driven media, and providing an environment for ethics discourse in the South African media.

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Sanef Programme - Diversity

Diversity

Among Sanef’s key endeavours is the work of addressing racial and gender diversity in the media so that it more accurately reflects South Africa’s demographics.

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Members’ Blogs

Lessons from the eTV subpoena saga

Anton Harber – The Harbinger

Fortunately, good sense has prevailed in the sage of the subpoena to force eTV to identify the criminals they recently interviewed. The police have reportedly agreed to follow the path of consultation and conflict-avoidance set out in the 1999 agreement between government and editors....

Tuesday, 26 January 2010

Good tidings for African journalists

Guy Berger – Thought Leader

“We needed it [this fund] back in 2002,” said Gugulethu Moyo, new director of the Media Legal Defence Initiative, referring to the Mugabe government’s suppression of the Daily News eight years back. The company owning the paper still sat with legal bills of 0 000 dollars (US — not Zimbawean!) dollars...

Wednesday, 27 January 2010