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The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) joins South Africa’s media industry in commemorating the 44th anniversary of Black Wednesday, a day set aside to reflect on and discuss media freedom.  South African history bears testament to the need for ongoing discussions on media freedom and the realization of the critical role media plays in strengthening democracy. On 19 October 1977, the apartheid government banned independent media in an attempt to hide gag the media from reporting about the brutal acts of the regime. In particular, The World and Weekend World were ...

Similar to its apartheid predecessors, ANC Inc is trying to invoke state security as a reason to limit access to information to the press (and therefore the public).

This week we reflect on what the new threats to journalism are, why journalism is essential to democracy and what it’s got to do with disinformation. This week we reflect on what the new threats to journalism are, why journalism is essential to democracy and what it’s got to do with disinfo...

January 7, 2021 5:42 pm Whether they realise it or not, most UK television viewers of the last four decades will be familiar with the work of Martin Lambie-Nairn. From the famous Channel 4 “blocks” logo, to paint-splattered idents for BBC Two, Lambie-Nairn’s mark on the television branding and ident landscape is unmistakable. His was a career that saw him establish two design studios, hold roles at ITN and the BBC, and later receive honorary doctorates from the University of Lincoln and University of Northampton. Tributes have flooded in for the late designer, showing how he was easy ...

Martin Lambie-Nairn Credit: Ashley Bingham at A&M Photography Martin Lambie-Nairn, who has died aged 75, was one of Britain’s leading television graphic designers, creating memorable logos for the BBC and Channel 4, as well as coming up with the original idea for the Spitting Image series. Credited with the concept of “an adult Muppet Show”, Lambie-Nairn recalled having a brainwave in the middle of a winter’s night in 1981: a satirical show featuring grotesque caricatures of public figures, politicians, royalty and celebrities, like the Plasticine models made by Peter Fluck and Roger...