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TimesLIVE THE SA National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) has supported a call by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) for Zimbabwean authorities to release New York Times freelance journalist Jeffrey Moyo who was arrested last week on charges of supplying fake press credentials to two visiting colleagues from the same paper. Moyo was arrested on May 26 in Harare, and charged with violating Section 36 of the country’s immigration laws for allegedly misrepresenting the accreditation of his colleagues Christina Goldbaum and Joao Silva, his lawyer Doug Coltart told the CPJ. Silva and Goldbaum w...

New York Times freelance journalist Jeffrey Moyo was arrested last week on charges of supplying fake press credentials to two visiting colleagues from the same paper.

iStock The SA National Editors' Forum has condemned the harassment of a Lesedi FM journalist and former SABC employees. It's alleged that the journalists are victims of a cyberbullying campaign. The campaign allegedly involves unsubstantiated claims that they were involved in a "sex for jobs" scandal at Lesedi FM. The South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef) has condemned the harassment of Lesedi FM journalist Mantsheuwa Mofokeng and former SABC employees. According to a Sanef statement, Mofokeng and former SABC journalists Matshediso Mokaeane and Naka Moloi are the victims of a cyberbu...

Audrey Azoulay Thirty years after the historic free, independent and pluralistic press summit held in Windhoek, Namibia, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has decided to return the conference to its birthplace. The World Press Freedom Day has its origins from that conference held in 1991. The summit ended on May 3 with adoption of the landmark Windhoek declaration for the development of a free, independent and pluralistic press. According to UNESCO, the 30th anniversary will be celebrated in conjunction with World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) from Apri...

As part of this year’s celebration of Freedom Day and as the 2021 local government elections approach, Daily Sun is hosting a webinar about how we all protect that hard won freedom.   Often we take our daily freedoms for granted, but many of them are only possible because we live in a democratic state. Democracy is not a lofty ideal, it is in the lived experience of each of us, each day. Safeguarding democracy is not an event, it is a process – an ongoing one that requires vigilance and commitment from us all. Mondli Makhanya, editor-in-chief of City Press, will facilitate a discussion b...