A major new global ranking index tracking the state of free expression is published today
Major new global free expression index sees UK ranking stumble across academic, digital and media freedom
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CATEGORY: South Africa
Theatre censorship: An index reading list
Index on Censorship has always supported the theatre of resistance, and our Winter 2021 magazine even had this issue as its main theme. In Belarus,...
Contents – Index at 50: The battles won, lost and currently raging
The spring issue of Index magazine is special. We are celebrating 50 years of history and to such a milestone we've decided to look back at the...
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Переписывая будущее: пятеро молодых журналистов с разных уголков мира
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Podcast: Is there a global crisis for local newspapers?
Spring podcast with Karoline Kan, Ian Murray and Sinead Corr exploring the future of local news.
The academic freedom farce at the University of Cape Town
Professor David Benatar shares his point of view on the University of Cape Town’s academic freedom
Nelson Mandela International Day: Index remembers apartheid-era South Africa
Today is Nelson Mandela International Day, a day to remember Mandela’s achievements in democracy, human rights and peace. Holly Raiborn
8-9 July: The power of hip hop
A conference followed by a day of performance to consider hip hop’s role in revolutionary social, political and economic movements across the world.
Raymond Joseph: South Africa’s Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill is deeply flawed
With the new year comes a new battle in South Africa as critics hit back at the proposed “draconian” Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill they say doesn’t differentiate “between espionage and an act of journalism”.
Ray Joseph: South Africans voice anger at country’s media environment
The media does not care about us, they never report things relevant to us and papers are only interested if there is bad news
Raymond Joseph: Activism reawakens in South Africa’s students
South Africa has been witnessing a reawakening of activism among students after a hiatus of almost two decades. For a week, campuses across the country embarked on the biggest nationwide student protests since the birth of the new democratic society in 1994.
