SANEF SPEARHEADS COALITION TO SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH
SANEF Members united on a combined strategy as counter proposal to proposed media and information limitations
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Constitutional Protection of Media Freedom - presentation at Sanef Summit (Aug 30)
The current debate on media freedom and what some perceive as an onslaught on the media, is centred around one principle issue; what are the limits of freedom
of expression and by extension, what are the limits of media freedom? To read speech presented by Okyerebea Ampofo-Anti, Associate for Webber Wentzel download the document.
Press Ombudsman system vs. ANC’s proposed Media Appeals Tribunal presented at Sanef Summit Aug 30,
The Press Council upholds the “basic principle that the freedom of the press is indivisible from and subject to the same rights and duties as that of the individual and rests on the public’s fundamental right to be informed and freely to receive and disseminate opinions ...’’
Read more…MMA Presentation on State of South Africa’s Media at Sanef Summit August 30, 2010
It is noted that one of the flaws in the ANC critique has been the generalisation of media as being almost all identical – and in particular all “mainstream” print media, which obfuscates the diversity and differences within theses media. Such generalisations do not allow for nuance and in depth discussion.
Read more…Presentation by Reg Rumney at SANEF Summit August 30, 2010
A Media Appeals Tribunal: Proposals, Perceptions and Practicalities
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