The Presidential Commission conducting the inquiry said this was intended to protect the privacy of those giving testimony

Jeff Wicks’s book The Shadow State is both an exposé and a tribute, ensuring that whistleblower Babita Deokaran’s warnings echo beyond her murder

Southern African countries’ constitutions might declare lofty ideals but the reality for journalists is often danger and censorship

In recent months, there has been a spate of abductions, assaults, arrests and murders, the victims all being opponents or critics of President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s government

This year, Donald Trump’s antipathy to the media has manifested into a more focused, deliberate assault on press freedom and procedures

To honour those who have fought, written and contributed before us, we need to preserve press freedom and independence

Critics have accused Maloyi of creating two power centres in the province, potentially weakening the ANC’s position in legislature

The public broadcaster has rejected the party’s demand that it not refer to the ruling coalition as a government of national unity as an attack on media freedom

If the biggest-ever media deal in Africa is successful, a French billionaire with a track record of buying media to promote far-right ideologies will have access to tens of millions of African homes