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As South Africa’s public broadcaster celebrates its 84th year, its achievements are recognised against a backdrop of planned retrenchments and restructuring as well as court proceedings and previous misconducts.

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How have public media provided accessible information about the coronavirus pandemic for people living with disabilities?

PMA has partnered with Orb Media to provide its members with free, high-quality content on sustainability issues worldwide.

Bipartisan support welcomed as the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee endorses more funding for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting (CPB).

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In early June, Facebook announced that it had begun labelling content originating from state-controlled media organisations. This is the most recent manifestation of an ongoing discussion about the distinction between state and public media organisations that is vitally important for citizens of democracies worldwide.

It has now been 139 days since the arbitrary arrest of Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, Editor-in-Chief of the Geo-Jang Group. The Public Media Alliance continues to join calls for his immediate release.

It is time for all public media mandates to place diversity and representation centre stage.

The country, whose government is credited with inspiring media capture across Europe, has received yet another blow to its press freedom.