Media industry requires public funding to protect its freedom - Article about possible media restrictions
STELLENBOSCH - South African journalists need to start appreciating and protecting the free flow of information in the country. Our media is not diverse and independent enough. On International Press Freedom Day, 2 May, Stellenbosch University Journalism department hosted a small conference to commemorate the day and 20 years of democracy. Johanna van Eeden from Volksblad spoke about the freedom and responsibility of journalists in the new South Africa. “Press freedom is the right which protects all other rights.” She said that the role of journalists should be “the voice for the voiceless”.