Funding of community media a concern on World Press Freedom Day
Speakers at the World Press Freedom Day seminar agreed that journalism is under threat from both political and economic influences.
Speakers at the World Press Freedom Day seminar agreed that journalism is under threat from both political and economic influences.
After the public broadcaster decided to ban the footage of violent protests and the destruction of properties, there has been growing pressure from various interest groups that say the move has threatened media freedom and will take the public broadcaster back to the Apartheid era of becoming a state broadcaster.