In her letter responding to the concerns I raised in a column last month about SABC CEO Solly Mokoetle, newly appointed board member Pippa Green carefully avoids answering most of the questions I posed. She ignores most of the examples I cited and, in effect, says that any management or news corruption that occurred at the SABC happened either before Mokoetle was appointed to a position of influence or after he left.[more]

Foroyaa published the following information after Gambia submitted its report on the Human rights situation in the Country: [more]

Speaking in Nakasongola, he urged the Baruuli, one of the tribes seeking autonomy from Buganda, to stand firm and defend their culture against what he said were efforts by Mengo to wipe it out. [more]

Exiled radio stations, labelled pirates by the Robert Mugabe regime have once again come under attack from ZANU PF during a protest march by hundreds of youth members through the streets of Harare on Wednesday.[more]

Cape Town— Job cuts are looming at the SABC as the new board and CEO Solly Mokoetle strive to slash costs and reduce the bloated head count of nearly 4000 employees.[more]

Is it cynical to say opposition leaders should use adverts in the media, emails, sms, and fliers? While in Pader recently, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) President Kizza Besigye was scheduled to be hosted on the local radio station, Luo FM radio. He had booked time and paid Shs 800,000 for the privilege. But at the last minute, he was blocked and his money refunded. He was told the talk show could not be hosted because of an order from the local representative of President Yoweri Museveni in the district, the RDC.[more]

Information and Broadcasting Minister Ronnie Shikapwasha has described as erroneous a political a statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) that the current Government has lost credibility that late president Levy Mwanawasa garnered as champion of press freedom.[more]

A Catholic evangelist who told a BBC reporter that he committed 70 ritual murders has been charged with giving false information to a public officer.[more]

Government has unveiled the National Information Communication strategic plan that will run from 2010 to 2014, and is expected to usher the country into the global information "super highway".[more]

African telecommunications regulators have been tasked to ensure the harmonization of policies to encourage frequency distribution that would boost mobile broadband and enhance the chances of benefiting from digital dividends.[more]