One week after sending an open letter to South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma expressing concern at moves by the government and the ruling ANC party to pass an Information Bill and create a Media Appeals Tribunal answerable to Parliament, the International Press Institute (IPI) today called on South African Minister for State Security Siyabonga Cwele to seriously […]

IPI on Wednesday sent an open letter to South African President Jacob Zuma expressing concern over the African National Congress’s recent call for a Media Appeals Tribunal, as well as a Protection of Information law that is currently before parliament. The Tribunal is conceived by the ruling party as an independent statutory body that would […]

As parliamentary hearings on the Protection of Information Bill begin in South Africa today, the International Press Institute expressed its concern over many of the provisions contained in the draft legislation, arguing that they should explicitly take into account journalists acting in the public interest. The original draft of the Protection of Information Bill is […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today declared its support for the position of the South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) and Appeal Judge KK Mthiyane in the case of The Citizen vs. Robert McBride. IPI believes that South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeals (SCA) ruled in contravention of the right to freedom of speech – […]