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  • SABC to Cut Jobs to Reduce Costs

    Job cuts loom at the SABC as the new board and CEO Solly Mokoetle, strive to slash costs and reduce the bloated head count

    Job cuts are looming at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) as the new board and CEO Solly Mokoetle, strive to slash costs and reduce the bloated head count of nearly four thousand employees.

    Meanwhile, the SABC is appealing to the Department of Communications and Parliament’s communications committee to help it get the auditor-general to undertake a comprehensive forensic audit to clean up the rot in the organisation because it cannot pay for such an audit itself.

    Source: 
    Business Day
    Article link: 
    http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=94564

  • Leading in the Digital Era & Reporting with New Media Tools

    Does your print story now require audio? Is your broadcast world moving into cyberspace? Get the skills you need to thrive in journalisms digital age. Here is a chance to learn to tell more powerful stories--and tell them online through multimedia tools. We will teach you the key skills, as well as how to navigate ethical pressure points in emerging platforms as a leader. Most importantly, we will explore how to change the way you think about storytelling and the role of independent journalism in the service of free societies. Explore the importance of natural sound and the ethics of editing.

    Event type: 
    Workshop
    Event venue: 
    Cape Town
    Event start date: 
    11/03/2009
    Event end date: 
    11/06/2009

  • Cape Town Television Temporarily Off Air!

    Cape Town TV (CTV), the mother city’s own community television channel, has been forced to go off air temporarily. Cash flow problems have inhibited the station’s ability to pay its transmission costs, but the station’s management is confident that the situation will be resolved shortly, when the necessary funds have been raised.

    Date published: 
    10/02/2009
    Organisation: 
    SOS Campaign
    Issued by: 
    SOS Campaign

  • ‘Under One Roof' Gender, Media and Democracy

    This training manual is a result of the Women's Media Watch Media monitoring and Media Literacy Project 'Under One Roof', which has been running for three years. It is a project which brings together media activists, media trainers and media producers and has been implemented by our Media Monitoring Group. South Africa is in a transitional phase from a repressive apartheid system to an egalitarian democratic one. Entrenched attitudes need to be challenged in order to uproot the old ways of thinking and doing, thereby paving the way for a non-discriminatory society.

  • Burger Comments on SABC Crisis, Broadband & Digital Migration

    Professor Guy Burger believes the the SABC is hogging bandwidth about priorities for the new Minister of Communications

    Right now the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is hogging bandwidth about priorities for the new Minister of Communications, Siphiwe Nyanda. This is according to Professor Guy Burger.

    Burger is of the view that Nyanda should tell the Treasury whether he backs the broadcaster’s R2 billion bailout.

    He further states that, “But he'll also need to look at two other causes putting pressure on the public purse. These are: promoting broadband Internet, and dealing with digital migration.”

    Source: 
    <br /> Mail and Guardian
    Article link: 
    http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-06-25-bail-out-sabc-build-broadband-internet-or...

  • Calls to Appoint New SABC Board

    TVEC has called on the government to immediately appoint a new ‘legally constituted (SABC) board

    The TV Industry Emergency Coalition (TVEC) has called on the government to immediately appoint a new ‘legally constituted (SABC) board’.

    In an open letter to the South African public issued after the removal of Kanyi Mkonza as board chairman by her colleagues, the coalition says the entire current board should step down to pave the way for parliament to appoint a new independent board.

    Source: 
    <br /> The Times
    Article link: 
    http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=1013496

  • The Freedom of impressions

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    On Saturday, I attended a workshop at Constitutions Hill organised by Congo Renaissance (CoRe), a platform of Congolese living in South Africa in commemoration of the World Press Freedom happening the following day, Sunday 3rd of May.

    Worldwide the World Press Freedom day is considered as a day of action to encourage and develop initiatives in favor of the freedom of the press; a day to remind governments to respect their commitments to press freedom; and a day to alert the public and to increase awareness of the importance of freedom of the press.

  • Communications Minister Dies

    The Presidency has announced that Mininster of Communications, Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri has died of natural causes.

    The Presidency has announced that Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri has died of natural causes.

    “Matsepe-Casaburri, who hadn’t been well in the last couple of months, died at a Pretoria hospital. She was 71,” said spokesperson Thabo Masebe. Matsepe-Casaburri was admitted to the hospital about three weeks ago.

    Source: 
    <br /> Citizen
    Article link: 
    http://www.citizen.co.za/index/article.aspx?pDesc=93383,1,22

  • Broadcasting Amendment Bill

    Broadcasting Amendment Bill

    Author(s): 
    SOS Campaign
    File: 
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    b 72 - 2008 (broadcasting).pdf

  • Writing Opinion Pieces for Publications

    The Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ) is conducting a two-day course on Writing Opinion Pieces for Publications from 23-24 March 2009 in Johannesburg.

    Learn to write an opinion piece that grabs readers and makes them want to read on, even if it’s not their topic. This 2-day workshop will show you how to lead your reader from point to point using anecdotes and evidence to reinforce your logical argument. Come along and acquire techniques that will move you away from that pedantic expression, into a lively style that respects tone.

    Event type: 
    Training
    Event venue: 
    <br />
    Event start date: 
    03/23/2009
    Event end date: 
    03/24/2009