Apr 11, 2016 | Media Diversity
Community radio stations have profoundly changed how people perceive radio in Africa. The stations empower citizens by making them both producers and consumers of information, but they also face serious challenges to their long-term survival. The number of community...
Apr 11, 2016 | Media Diversity
The section pertaining to public broadcasting: All State and government controlled broadcasters should be transformed into public service broadcasters, that are accountable to all strata of the people as represented by an independent board, and that serve the overall...
Apr 11, 2016 | Media Diversity
There was a lot of hope around the South African Broadcasting Corporation around the transition to democracy. It seemed a vibrant new media outlet had been formed. But things have changed since then, and not for the better. We really enjoyed them, for a while, the...
Apr 11, 2016 | Media Diversity
The transformation of state broadcasters into public broadcasters as envisaged by the African Charter on Broadcasting has failed. What is that and what can be done about it? The 1991 Windhoek Declaration on Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic Press set the...
Oct 19, 2015 | Media Diversity
When you have to choose between buying food for your family and purchasing a newspaper, the choice is simple. If you live in Africa, the type and amount of media you get largely depends on where you live, which languages you speak and how much money you have. Many...
Mar 8, 2015 | Media Diversity
Can the rise of private media in Africa scale back the dominance of state-owned media on the continent? That is the hope of many, but the current state of media pluralism and diversity in Africa is not as healthy as it might be. Things look good – at first glance. In...
