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Last night, Thursday 8 November, the national winners of the 2024 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards’ (VJOY) were honoured at a ceremony in Johannesburg (Image supplied)

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Media conference on press freedom today in Joburg

Media conference on press freedom today in Joburg

16 Jan 2012

[2012 trends] Out with fear, in with hope

[2012 trends] Out with fear, in with hope

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Committee to Protect Journalists blasts Protection of State Information Bill

Committee to Protect Journalists blasts Protection of State Information Bill

Sipho Hlongwane: @comradesipho 12 Dec 2011

Helen Zille calls on SA to fight Secrecy Bill through petition

Helen Zille calls on SA to fight Secrecy Bill through petition

7 Dec 2011

Technology, increasing civil anger making secrets obsolete

Technology, increasing civil anger making secrets obsolete

Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk 2 Dec 2011

Cosatu, R2K, SANEF to work together against Secrecy Bill

Cosatu, R2K, SANEF to work together against Secrecy Bill

Sipho Hlongwane: @comradesipho 1 Dec 2011

COSATU addresses SANEF, R2K on infamous bill

COSATU addresses SANEF, R2K on infamous bill

1 Dec 2011

Black Tuesday II marks beginning of ongoing campaign against Secrecy Bill

Black Tuesday II marks beginning of ongoing campaign against Secrecy Bill

Theresa Mallinson 30 Nov 2011

Support Black Tuesday, open letter to Zuma from Archbishop

Support Black Tuesday, open letter to Zuma from Archbishop

29 Nov 2011

MacWeek: City Press (re)publishes what Mac told the Scorpions

MacWeek: City Press (re)publishes what Mac told the Scorpions

Theresa Mallinson 28 Nov 2011

Movement on the Protection of Information Bill

Movement on the Protection of Information Bill

25 Nov 2011

PRISA disapproves passing of Secrecy Bill

24 Nov 2011

Secrecy Bill and the Constitutional Court

Secrecy Bill and the Constitutional Court

Sipho Hlongwane: @comradesipho 24 Nov 2011

ANC to act on MPs who abstained on secrecy vote

ANC to act on MPs who abstained on secrecy vote

24 Nov 2011

Mac against the media wall

Mac against the media wall

Sipho Hlongwane: @comradesipho 23 Nov 2011

SA investigative greats: Secrecy Bill will not silence us

SA investigative greats: Secrecy Bill will not silence us

Mandy de Waal: @mandyldewaal 23 Nov 2011

Constitutional Court last hope for press freedom in SA

Constitutional Court last hope for press freedom in SA

23 Nov 2011

What the POI Bill says about the gradual erosion of our democracy

What the POI Bill says about the gradual erosion of our democracy

Herman Manson: @marklives 22 Nov 2011

ProJourn voices "Brown Tuesday hatchet-job fears"

ProJourn voices "Brown Tuesday hatchet-job fears"

22 Nov 2011

The Secrecy Bill: Welcome back, Magnus Malan & Adriaan Vlok

The Secrecy Bill: Welcome back, Magnus Malan & Adriaan Vlok

Jay Naidoo 22 Nov 2011

Mac vs M&G, Sunday Times

Mac vs M&G, Sunday Times

Roshila Jarosz 21 Nov 2011

Black Tuesday protest declared against "Secrecy Bill"

Black Tuesday protest declared against "Secrecy Bill"

Theresa Mallinson 21 Nov 2011

M&G falls foul of NPA Act; a dark portend of things to come

M&G falls foul of NPA Act; a dark portend of things to come

Theresa Mallinson 18 Nov 2011

Secrecy Bill's tempestuous birth looks predestined

Secrecy Bill's tempestuous birth looks predestined

Theresa Mallinson 17 Nov 2011

Right2Know Gauteng plans for 2012

Right2Know Gauteng plans for 2012

Theresa Mallinson 17 Nov 2011

Haffajee elected to International Press Institute board

Haffajee elected to International Press Institute board

10 Nov 2011

Right2Know campaign runs provincial summits

Right2Know campaign runs provincial summits

10 Nov 2011

Motlanthe's POIB comments welcomed

Motlanthe's POIB comments welcomed

10 Nov 2011

Films and Publications Act amendments declared unconstitutional

Films and Publications Act amendments declared unconstitutional

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Print media: to regulate or not to regulate? Send your views to PFC

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Media conference on press freedom today in Joburg

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[2012 trends] Out with fear, in with hope

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Committee to Protect Journalists blasts Protection of State Information Bill

Committee to Protect Journalists blasts Protection of State Information Bill

Sipho Hlongwane: @comradesipho 12 Dec 2011

Helen Zille calls on SA to fight Secrecy Bill through petition

Helen Zille calls on SA to fight Secrecy Bill through petition

7 Dec 2011

Technology, increasing civil anger making secrets obsolete

Technology, increasing civil anger making secrets obsolete

Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk 2 Dec 2011

Cosatu, R2K, SANEF to work together against Secrecy Bill

Cosatu, R2K, SANEF to work together against Secrecy Bill

Sipho Hlongwane: @comradesipho 1 Dec 2011

COSATU addresses SANEF, R2K on infamous bill

COSATU addresses SANEF, R2K on infamous bill

1 Dec 2011

Black Tuesday II marks beginning of ongoing campaign against Secrecy Bill

Black Tuesday II marks beginning of ongoing campaign against Secrecy Bill

Theresa Mallinson 30 Nov 2011

Support Black Tuesday, open letter to Zuma from Archbishop

Support Black Tuesday, open letter to Zuma from Archbishop

29 Nov 2011

MacWeek: City Press (re)publishes what Mac told the Scorpions

MacWeek: City Press (re)publishes what Mac told the Scorpions

Theresa Mallinson 28 Nov 2011

Movement on the Protection of Information Bill

Movement on the Protection of Information Bill

25 Nov 2011

PRISA disapproves passing of Secrecy Bill

24 Nov 2011

Secrecy Bill and the Constitutional Court

Secrecy Bill and the Constitutional Court

Sipho Hlongwane: @comradesipho 24 Nov 2011

ANC to act on MPs who abstained on secrecy vote

ANC to act on MPs who abstained on secrecy vote

24 Nov 2011

Mac against the media wall

Mac against the media wall

Sipho Hlongwane: @comradesipho 23 Nov 2011

SA investigative greats: Secrecy Bill will not silence us

SA investigative greats: Secrecy Bill will not silence us

Mandy de Waal: @mandyldewaal 23 Nov 2011

Constitutional Court last hope for press freedom in SA

Constitutional Court last hope for press freedom in SA

23 Nov 2011

What the POI Bill says about the gradual erosion of our democracy

What the POI Bill says about the gradual erosion of our democracy

Herman Manson: @marklives 22 Nov 2011

ProJourn voices "Brown Tuesday hatchet-job fears"

ProJourn voices "Brown Tuesday hatchet-job fears"

22 Nov 2011

The Secrecy Bill: Welcome back, Magnus Malan & Adriaan Vlok

The Secrecy Bill: Welcome back, Magnus Malan & Adriaan Vlok

Jay Naidoo 22 Nov 2011

Mac vs M&G, Sunday Times

Mac vs M&G, Sunday Times

Roshila Jarosz 21 Nov 2011

Black Tuesday protest declared against "Secrecy Bill"

Black Tuesday protest declared against "Secrecy Bill"

Theresa Mallinson 21 Nov 2011

M&G falls foul of NPA Act; a dark portend of things to come

M&G falls foul of NPA Act; a dark portend of things to come

Theresa Mallinson 18 Nov 2011

Secrecy Bill's tempestuous birth looks predestined

Secrecy Bill's tempestuous birth looks predestined

Theresa Mallinson 17 Nov 2011

Right2Know Gauteng plans for 2012

Right2Know Gauteng plans for 2012

Theresa Mallinson 17 Nov 2011

Haffajee elected to International Press Institute board

Haffajee elected to International Press Institute board

10 Nov 2011

Right2Know campaign runs provincial summits

Right2Know campaign runs provincial summits

10 Nov 2011

Motlanthe's POIB comments welcomed

Motlanthe's POIB comments welcomed

10 Nov 2011

Films and Publications Act amendments declared unconstitutional

Films and Publications Act amendments declared unconstitutional

3 Nov 2011

Print media: to regulate or not to regulate? Send your views to PFC

Print media: to regulate or not to regulate? Send your views to PFC

Issa Sikiti da Silva: @sikitimedia 27 Oct 2011

Zuma's Monday Massacre and the importance of free media

Zuma's Monday Massacre and the importance of free media

Stephen Grootes: @StephenGrootes 26 Oct 2011

No more media repression, warns SANEF as Zuma calls for fairness

No more media repression, warns SANEF as Zuma calls for fairness

Issa Sikiti da Silva: @sikitimedia 20 Oct 2011

SANEF reaches agreements with CSA, Department of Basic Education

SANEF reaches agreements with CSA, Department of Basic Education

14 Oct 2011

Parliament's chief talker quits quietly

Parliament's chief talker quits quietly

Carien du Plessis 11 Oct 2011

Parliament and media at each others' throats again

Parliament and media at each others' throats again

Carien du Plessis 5 Oct 2011

Print media diversity, transformation in SA: myth or reality?

Print media diversity, transformation in SA: myth or reality?

Issa Sikiti da Silva: @sikitimedia 4 Oct 2011

How to contribute to Bizcommunity, from op-ed pieces to news

How to contribute to Bizcommunity, from op-ed pieces to news

Bizcommunity.com 3 Oct 2011

Protests on POIB in line with intl concerns

Protests on POIB in line with intl concerns

27 Sep 2011

The true story of Bizcommunity lies in the numbers

The true story of Bizcommunity lies in the numbers

Robin Parker, Bizcommunity.com 26 Sep 2011

ANC makes U-turn on Secrecy Bill - and lives to tell the tale

ANC makes U-turn on Secrecy Bill - and lives to tell the tale

Osiame Molefe 20 Sep 2011

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