governance

South Africa's President has finally appointed 12 individuals to the new board of the SABC, six months after the old board disbanded.

As delays continue to plague the appointment of a new SABC board, the move to give the Group CEO the board’s powers has provoked outrage.

Reforms to strengthen the independence of South Korea’s public media are taking place against a backdrop of recent media freedom concerns.

The new board of South Africa’s public broadcaster has still not been appointed, while financial woes persist.

This insight provides an analysis of RRI’s ongoing issues and potential solutions for reforming the organisation and protecting public media.

It has now been more than 200 days since the arbitrary arrest of Mir Shakil-ur Rahman and there is still no sign that he will be released.  

"As the BBC approaches its centenary, we are aware of how many media organisations around the world share those same news values, the values of public media."

Japan’s public broadcaster faced a number of challenges in recent months, from the introduction of simultaneous streaming to governance and independence concerns.

Concerns over transparency, relevance, governance and its funding model are just some of the issues that the public broadcaster has been grappling with.

Legislation to fight ‘fake news’ and cyber-crimes across Sub-Saharan Africa endangers press freedom