Media freedom
[Source: Daily Maverick by Anton Harber.]
The news media industry in South Africa needs to acknowledge that we have an industry-wide problem of trust and credibility arising out of the period of State Capture. Read more
[Source: Business Day by Ann Bernstein.]
The ice beneath South Africans’ collective feet is getting thinner by the day. The country’s public finances are as precarious as they have ever been and, even before the economy began shrinking, hundreds of thousands of people were joining the unemployment queue every year. Read more
[Source: BusinessTech.]
To ‘uphold and safeguard the constitutionally entrenched rights of equality and dignity’, the South African legislature recently circulated the Prevention and Combatting of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill. Read more
[Source: Business Day by Bekezela Phakathi.]
Lobby groups have called on Parliament to consider extending the public participation process on the contentious Copyright Amendment Bill aimed at modernising SA’s copyright law. Read more