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South Africa & The Media: Looking Back At 2011, Looking Ahead To 2012
Exclusive – Chris Roper On Major Stories, Digital Landscapes, And The Battle For Media Freedom
There were many important stories in the South African media in 2011, but perhaps the biggest story was the media itself. The beginning of 2012 sees the South African media, and by extension, the state of democracy in South Africa, in a parlous position that many see as boding ill for the future of the country. more…
AMLF 2011: Annual Highlight to Africa's Top Media Executives
Delegates from 48 countries mades the Continent's most important marketplace a resounding success
The Tunisian Prime Minister was beaming during the introduction of the KAS Media Africa representative. “I know the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung,” exclaimed Beji Caid el Sebsi, a former Ambassador in Bonn, and made the compliment, “You do great work.” In May 2011 the foundation sent Klaus Lötzer as country manager to Tunisia. Now the regional Media Programme Sub-Sahara Africa was there to support the annual African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF) in Tunis. The leading media marketplace on the continent took place November 9-11, 2011 in the “Capital of the Arab Spring,” as a media professional remarked. more…
"A milestone and a highlight"
Highway Africa and PACAI: The media siblings from Cape Town
Highway Africa and the Pan African Conference on Access to Information (PACAI), affiliated conferences supported by KAS Media Africa, made Cape Town the media capital of southern Africa in September 2011. As one of 250 journalists in the midst of it: reporter Simeon Maganga from Malawi. His personal conclusion is clear: “I gained a lot of interesting ideas that I can use for my future work.” He met with media makers and experts from the region to discuss decisive issues for the future of the media industry. more…
Stories, videos, photos, and new horizons
KAS E-lection Bridge - South by Southeast in Beira, Mozambique
“The workshop has broadened our horizons,” declared Daviz Simango, Chairman of the opposition party Movimento Democratico de Mocambique (MDM), of the KAS E-lection Bridge Africa – South by Southeast in Beira. “I now see the world of communication with new eyes.” The two-day event from KAS Media Africa on the 11th and 12th of August 2011 took place in close cooperation with the foundation’s country programme in Mozambique under the direction of Annette Schwarzbauer. more…
"It is a very important project"
International Conference: Launching the KAS Media Law Handbook at the University of Pretoria
At the end of her successful presentation Justine Limpitlaw was taken aside by Arthur Chaskalson, the former Chief Justice of South Africa. “Very good; that is a very important project,” praised the prominent constitutional expert, referring to the regionally oriented Media Law Handbook created by the respected lawyer Limpitlaw in association with KAS Media Africa. “You should definitely keep working on this topic.” more…
