Subscribe My Account

Advertise Submit news

Media Freedom News South Africa

Subscribe & Follow

Advertise your job vacancies

Trending

2 days 7 days 30 days By Industry

South Africa to welcome new private university by 2026

Why South African advertising needs to rediscover its storytelling roots

Stefanie Davis

Free WhatsApp Business incoming service conversations

Blue Label Media partners with African Bank to roll out new corporate identity across 155 buses

News24 journalists take top honours in 2024 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards

2024 Earthshot Prize - the 5 winners of £1m

In the news

Enquire about a company Biz Press Office

Companies recruiting

Wetpaint Advertising

Motsepe Advertising

DUO Marketing + Communications

Havas Johannesburg

Hook, Line & Sinker

Hook, Line & Sinker

Irvine Partners

Source: © Cottonbro Studio There is uncertainty for advertisers on TikTok as the platform's future hangs in the balance with Trump’s return to power

Uncertainty for TikTok advertisers with Trump’s return to power

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)

News24 journalists take top honours in 2024 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards

More news

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Social Media

How Uganda is using old and new laws to block activists on social media

Ronald Kakungulu-Mayambala 10 Sep 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Media Freedom

Spotlight on human rights in Mozambique

5 Sep 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Media

Fresh vigilance is needed to protect media freedom across Africa

Jeff Conroy-Krutz 2 Sep 2019

#FairnessFirst: Understand true diversity to become more inclusively creative

Fairness First

#FairnessFirst: Understand true diversity to become more inclusively creative

Leigh Andrews 2 Sep 2019

BizTrends 2020: Make the vision Towards Africa 2020 possible

Trends

BizTrends 2020: Make the vision Towards Africa 2020 possible

Bizcommunity.com 29 Aug 2019

A newspaper stand is seen in Mwanza, Tanzania, on September 19, 2015. Tanzania is currently considering legal amendments that could negatively affect press freedom. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Daniel Hayduk.

Media

Onslaught against press freedoms in Tanzania

26 Aug 2019

Sphelele Mjadu, Unilever Personal Care Senior Public Relations Manager for Africa and Anne Githuku-Shongwe, representative of UN Women South Africa’s Multi-Country Office, in the UN Women-Dove masterclass panel at the Loeries. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2019: Our responsibility of better representation in advertising, media

Leigh Andrews 23 Aug 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Media Freedom

'Troubling' erosion of press freedom in certain SADC states

19 Aug 2019

Unstereotype Alliance: The problem is not seeing the problem.

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2019: Welcome UN Women's Unstereotype Alliance SA chapter!

Leigh Andrews 9 Aug 2019

Freelance journalist Erick Kabendera, who is detained in Tanzania. Credit: CPJ/Jamii Forums.

Media Freedom

Tanzania switches track, charges Kabendera with economic crimes

7 Aug 2019

A local market in Dar es Salaam, pictured in May. A group of armed men forcefully took an investigative journalist, Erick Kabendera, from his home outside the city on July 29. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Said Khalfan.

Media Freedom

Journalist Erick Kabendera abducted in Tanzania

30 Jul 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Marketing & Media

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

Image credit: Juliana Malta on Unsplash

Media Freedom

Wan-Ifra explores how news media is adapting business models to promote press freedom

22 Jul 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Media

Donor-funded journalism is on the rise in Africa: why it needs closer scrutiny

12 Jul 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Research

Fake news and the role of the ordinary citizen

12 Jul 2019

Sudanese protesters are seen with their smartphones in Khartoum on April 21, 2019. CPJ has called on South African telecommunications company MTN Group to end its role in Sudan’s internet shutdowns. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Ozan Kose.

Mobile

MTN Group urged to end participation in internet shutdowns in Sudan

Justin Shilad 12 Jul 2019

In an interview today, Tanzanian Foreign Minister Palamagamba Kabudi said that journalist Azory Gwanda (pictured), who has been missing since 2017, is dead. Credit: CPJ/Mwananchi.

Media Freedom

In BBC interview, Tanzanian foreign minister says journalist Azory Gwanda is dead

11 Jul 2019

This year's SA Cannes Lions' judges...

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2019: Accuracy of SA judges' predictions, revealed!

Leigh Andrews 27 Jun 2019

#CannesLions2019: All the SA winners!

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2019: All the SA winners!

21 Jun 2019

Cannes Lions Grands Prix awards.

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2019: All the Grand Prix winners!

21 Jun 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Media Freedom

Media continues to tell the 'Forbidden Stories'

19 Jun 2019

#YouthMonth: Are you a Youthpreneur?

Youth Month

#YouthMonth: Are you a Youthpreneur?

Bizcommunity.com 18 Jun 2019

#CannesLions2019 Print & Publishing Lions' Grand Prix winner: An-Nar's 'The Blank Edition' by Impact Porter Novelli Dubai.

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2019: Print & Publishing Lions winners!

17 Jun 2019

#FairnessFirst: Creating a safe space to interview children

Fairness First

#FairnessFirst: Creating a safe space to interview children

Leigh Andrews 10 Jun 2019

RIP Raymond Louw

Media Freedom

RIP Raymond Louw

5 Jun 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Youth Month

#FairnessFirst: A picture tells a thousand words, but should it?

Leigh Andrews 3 Jun 2019

Freedom of expression under threat, new campaign warns

Environment & Natural Resources

Freedom of expression under threat, new campaign warns

John Yeld 29 May 2019

#FairnessFirst: Refreshing the legalities of ethical reporting on children

Fairness First

#FairnessFirst: Refreshing the legalities of ethical reporting on children

Leigh Andrews 27 May 2019

Pendulum is swinging towards creeping restrictions across Africa

Media Freedom

Pendulum is swinging towards creeping restrictions across Africa

Peter Penar and Carolyn Logan 3 May 2019

How South Africa ranks in the press freedom stakes

Media Freedom

How South Africa ranks in the press freedom stakes

Glenda Daniels 3 May 2019

More news

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Marketing & MediaSpotlight on human rights in Mozambique

5 Sep 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Marketing & MediaFresh vigilance is needed to protect media freedom across Africa

Jeff Conroy-Krutz 2 Sep 2019

#FairnessFirst: Understand true diversity to become more inclusively creative

Marketing & Media#FairnessFirst: Understand true diversity to become more inclusively creative

Leigh Andrews 2 Sep 2019

BizTrends 2020: Make the vision Towards Africa 2020 possible

Marketing & MediaBizTrends 2020: Make the vision Towards Africa 2020 possible

Bizcommunity.com 29 Aug 2019

A newspaper stand is seen in Mwanza, Tanzania, on September 19, 2015. Tanzania is currently considering legal amendments that could negatively affect press freedom. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Daniel Hayduk.

Marketing & MediaOnslaught against press freedoms in Tanzania

26 Aug 2019

Sphelele Mjadu, Unilever Personal Care Senior Public Relations Manager for Africa and Anne Githuku-Shongwe, representative of UN Women South Africa’s Multi-Country Office, in the UN Women-Dove masterclass panel at the Loeries. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.

Marketing & Media#Loeries2019: Our responsibility of better representation in advertising, media

Leigh Andrews 23 Aug 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Marketing & Media'Troubling' erosion of press freedom in certain SADC states

19 Aug 2019

Unstereotype Alliance: The problem is not seeing the problem.

Marketing & Media#Loeries2019: Welcome UN Women's Unstereotype Alliance SA chapter!

Leigh Andrews 9 Aug 2019

Freelance journalist Erick Kabendera, who is detained in Tanzania. Credit: CPJ/Jamii Forums.

Marketing & MediaTanzania switches track, charges Kabendera with economic crimes

7 Aug 2019

A local market in Dar es Salaam, pictured in May. A group of armed men forcefully took an investigative journalist, Erick Kabendera, from his home outside the city on July 29. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Said Khalfan.

Marketing & MediaJournalist Erick Kabendera abducted in Tanzania

30 Jul 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Marketing & Media3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

Image credit: Juliana Malta on Unsplash

Marketing & MediaWan-Ifra explores how news media is adapting business models to promote press freedom

22 Jul 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Marketing & MediaDonor-funded journalism is on the rise in Africa: why it needs closer scrutiny

12 Jul 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Marketing & MediaFake news and the role of the ordinary citizen

12 Jul 2019

Sudanese protesters are seen with their smartphones in Khartoum on April 21, 2019. CPJ has called on South African telecommunications company MTN Group to end its role in Sudan’s internet shutdowns. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Ozan Kose.

Marketing & MediaMTN Group urged to end participation in internet shutdowns in Sudan

Justin Shilad 12 Jul 2019

In an interview today, Tanzanian Foreign Minister Palamagamba Kabudi said that journalist Azory Gwanda (pictured), who has been missing since 2017, is dead. Credit: CPJ/Mwananchi.

Marketing & MediaIn BBC interview, Tanzanian foreign minister says journalist Azory Gwanda is dead

11 Jul 2019

This year's SA Cannes Lions' judges...

Marketing & Media#CannesLions2019: Accuracy of SA judges' predictions, revealed!

Leigh Andrews 27 Jun 2019

#CannesLions2019: All the SA winners!

Marketing & Media#CannesLions2019: All the SA winners!

21 Jun 2019

Cannes Lions Grands Prix awards.

Marketing & Media#CannesLions2019: All the Grand Prix winners!

21 Jun 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Marketing & MediaMedia continues to tell the 'Forbidden Stories'

19 Jun 2019

#YouthMonth: Are you a Youthpreneur?

Marketing & Media#YouthMonth: Are you a Youthpreneur?

Bizcommunity.com 18 Jun 2019

#CannesLions2019 Print & Publishing Lions' Grand Prix winner: An-Nar's 'The Blank Edition' by Impact Porter Novelli Dubai.

Marketing & Media#CannesLions2019: Print & Publishing Lions winners!

17 Jun 2019

#FairnessFirst: Creating a safe space to interview children

Marketing & Media#FairnessFirst: Creating a safe space to interview children

Leigh Andrews 10 Jun 2019

RIP Raymond Louw

Marketing & MediaRIP Raymond Louw

5 Jun 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Marketing & Media#FairnessFirst: A picture tells a thousand words, but should it?

Leigh Andrews 3 Jun 2019

Freedom of expression under threat, new campaign warns

ESG & SustainabilityFreedom of expression under threat, new campaign warns

John Yeld 29 May 2019

#FairnessFirst: Refreshing the legalities of ethical reporting on children

Marketing & Media#FairnessFirst: Refreshing the legalities of ethical reporting on children

Leigh Andrews 27 May 2019

Pendulum is swinging towards creeping restrictions across Africa

Marketing & MediaPendulum is swinging towards creeping restrictions across Africa

Peter Penar and Carolyn Logan 3 May 2019

How South Africa ranks in the press freedom stakes

Marketing & MediaHow South Africa ranks in the press freedom stakes

Glenda Daniels 3 May 2019

Image via : A woman is reflected next to a poster outside a community hall hosting a night vigil for kidnapped photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed, on January 18, 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Community members, friends, family and colleagues of photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed held a night vigil at the Lenasia South Civic Centre. Mohamed was abducted in Syria on 10 January while working with the aid mission Gift of the Givers. (Photo by Gallo Images / Dino Lloyd)

Marketing & MediaSouth African journalist Shiraaz Mohamed, kidnapped in January 2017, is shown alive in new video

Jonah Dylan 2 May 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Marketing & MediaReporting on China in Africa is too binary

Yu-Shan Wu 30 Apr 2019

Soldiers stand guard on April 2, 2019, in Moroni, the capital of the Comoros. Journalists have been detained and newspapers have been disrupted surrounding the country's recent presidential election. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Youssouf Ibrahim.

Marketing & MediaComoros authorities detain journalist, censor newspapers amid political crisis

15 Apr 2019

Of this picture, Van Wyk says: "I don’t believe in heroes. I do, however, believe in exceptional people. In 2012 I met adv. Thuli Madonsela, then Public Protector, for the first time."

Marketing & Media#Bookmarks2019: Pauli Van Wyk on why you don't just walk into a job as "investigative journalist"

Leigh Andrews 12 Apr 2019

Military police patrol the streets of Gorongosa, in central Mozambique, on November 19, 2013. A radio journalist in Mozambique has been held in pretrial detention since January, 2019. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Grant Lee Neuenburg.

Marketing & MediaMozambique National Journalist's Day marred by detention

12 Apr 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Marketing & MediaAttack on Zim 263 Chat website a blatant attempt to muzzle the media

12 Apr 2019

Image of Marianne Thamm via

Marketing & MediaMarianne Thamm on the crucial role of whistleblowers and investigative journalists in defeating corruption

Leigh Andrews 11 Apr 2019

Bizcommunity sends a clear message that Africa is open for business

Marketing & MediaBizcommunity sends a clear message that Africa is open for business

dotAfrica 9 Apr 2019

Bizcommunity launches BIZ | Daily top story headlines

Marketing & MediaBizcommunity launches BIZ | Daily top story headlines

Bizcommunity.com 8 Apr 2019

Still missing: Azory Gwanda.

Marketing & Media#WhereIsAzory campaign launched to find missing Tanzania journalist

5 Apr 2019

Anthony Molyneaux, multimedia journalist for Tiso Blackstar Group.

Marketing & Media#Bookmarks2019: Raising awareness without stepping over into sensationalism

Leigh Andrews 4 Apr 2019

Let's do Biz