South Africa

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

The South Africa National Editors’ Forum said there has been an increase in the number of attacks and threats to journalists in the country.

SABC's radio services played a pivotal role in the peaceful transition from Apartheid in South Africa, writes Wynand Harmse, former SABC CEO.

SABC plans to improve news provision with the launch of a 24-hour news channel in all of South Africa's indigenous languages.

The South African government is moving ahead with plans to scrap the TV licence fee which funds SABC and replace it with a household levy.

12 names have been recommended by the Communications ministry to serve on the incoming Board of South Africa’s public broadcaster.

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

South Africa's digital migration has been delayed once more, this time with no set implementation date.

The switch-off’s initial 31 March deadline was already pushed back to June, but new legal action is seeking to delay the move even further.

For World Press Freedom Day 2022, PMA has analysed six press freedom themes which have been prevalent across the past twelve months.