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2022

16/11/22 - Southern Africa commemorates UN Plan of Action on Safety of Journalists, IFEX

01/11/22 - Southern African organisations commit to developing resilient media systems, IFEX

20/09/22 - South African journalist Karyn Maughan criminally charged over report on former President Zuma, CPJ

25/07/22 - Subscribers helping drive South Africa’s News24 podcasting success, WAN IFRA

2020

09/10/20 - South African journalists attacked covering farmer protest- CPJ

11/06/20 - Black Lives Matter? Which black lives?- Mail & Guardian

01/06/20 - South African journalist goes into hiding in neighbouring Lesotho- IFEX

18/05/20 - South African police assault, charge journalist Paul Nthoba after he photographs COVID-19 lockdown - CPJ

27/04/20 - SABC: Informing, educating and entertaining the South African public at a time of crisis - Public Media Alliance

05/04/20 - SABC appeals to public to allow journalists to do their job during lockdown  - SABC

15/04/20 - Media release: Government partners with MMA to curb fake information during Covid-19 - Media Monitoring Africa

19/3/20 - South Africa enacts regulations criminalizing ‘disinformation’ on coronavirus outbreak - CPJ

2019

02/12/19 - Chinese South Africans Take “Hate Speech” Case To Equality Court - The Daily Vox

25/09/19 - Why South Africa needs to fix its troubled public broadcaster - The Conversation 

04/09/19 - Think before you share! Old, misleading videos said to be of xenophobic violence in SA are going viral - Africa Check 

01/09/19 - SABC executives to take stand at State Capture Commission - SABC News 

08/08/19 - SABC to take disciplinary action against those implicated in editorial interference report - News24

06/08/19 - Muthambi labels SABC report ‘hogwash’ - SABC News

06/08/19 - Media monitoring Africa Hopes SABC Recovers from Current Crisis - EWN

11/07/19 - Independent Media journalist manhandled by Metro cops at Gumede protest - IOL

08/05/19 - “We will not be intimidated” : SABC Board Chair - SABC News

06/05/19 - Local radio is plugging gaps in South Africa’s mainstream media coverage - The Conversation 

07/05/19 - Rape and race: Threats against SA’s women political journalists - The Media Online 

05/05/19 - The SABC is close to a total blackout: CEO - Business Tech 

16/04/19 - SABC News goes on the road with hybrid news gathering vehicles - The Media Online 

07/04/19 - Political parties criticise SABC on election coverage - SABC

01/04/19 - South Africa: Electoral Commission Launches Online Reporting Platform for Digital Disinformation - All Africa

28/03/19 - South African journalists speak out against attacks on media - MartinPlaut

27/03/19 Open threats made against South African journalists - MartinPlaut

08/03/19 - Fighting fake news and disinformation ahead of the election - News24

03/03/19 - SABC remains independent in lead-up to May polls - SABC News 

27/02/19 - South Africa elections 2019: Journalist safety kit - CPJ

25/02/19 - Report of Commission of Inquiry - SABC

February 2019 - Saned urges political parties not to interfere with journos doing their job - EWN 

28/02/19 - South Africa gets help tracking down social media predators ahead of poll - The Conversation

12/02/19 - Govt to ensure independence of the SABC: Ramaphosa - SABC News 

31/01/19 - South Africa's indebted public broadcaster scraps layoffs - Reuters

03/01/19 - SABC not having fully functioning board could affect elections: Scopa - SABC News 

2018

04/12/18 - South Africa: SABC Board Members Throw in the Towel in Fresh Battle With Govt - All Africa 

29/11/18 - RSF decries South African politician’s invective against reporters - Reporters Without Borders 

22/10/18 - Media industry needs to introspect to ensure accuracy and ethics, says Sanef - The Citizen

24/08/18 - Bringing credibility back to SABC News and reimagining the public news service- The Media Online

20/06/18 - SABC announces chairpersons for inquiries into editorial interference, sexual harassment - The Citizen

07/06/18 - Independence and impartiality is the new black at SABC - The Media Online 

08/05/18 - SABC says dismissing striking workers was justified - The Citizen 

27/03/18 - All TV and radio in South Africa must have 70% local content - ANC

2017

07/12/17 - SABC strike threatens ANC elective conference coverage - Mail&Guardian

08/11/2017 - SABC Board committed to its independence - All Africa

21/10/2017 - South Africa’s media is still held back by a lack of diversity and undue political influence - Quartz Media

29/06/2017 - Broken Heart Syndrome kills ‘SABC 8’ journalist Suna Venter - News24

24/04/2017 - Interim SABC board will reverse 'stupid decisions' - Tsedu - News24