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AIDC Statement on ANC response to COSATU/Civil Society Conference (3/11/2010)
Wednesday, 03 November 2010 13:27
As one of the participant organisations at the 28-29 October 2010 COSATU-convened conference with civil society, the Alternative Information and Development Centre (www.aidc.org.za and www.amandla.org.za) is extremely disappointed with the official response of the ANC’s National Working Committee (NWC) to the conference. We call on civil society to defend their rights of freedom of association and expression, which the ANC statement brings into question. In its lengthy statement issued yesterday, the ANC NWC misrepresented what the conference was about. In doing so, it displayed extreme paranoia and ineffective leadership that is reminiscent of the Thabo Mbeki era.
Read more: AIDC Statement on ANC response to COSATU/Civil Society Conference (3/11/2010)
AIDC Statement: AIDC Statement on the threats to Press Freedom
Friday, 13 August 2010 00:00
Defend and Advance the Freedom of Expression for All!Press Freedom is a right enjoyed by a privileged minority of South Africans. Our print media is controlled by a cartel of four corporations. Broadcast Media is dominated by the SABC. The profiteering of private media and commercialization of the SABC have seen the mass media catering to the expression and information needs of lucrative markets (LSM 8- 10) representing under 15% of South Africans.
Rather than striving to extend the freedoms of expression and access to information to all South Africans, the ANC government is perusing a series of reforms that will further curtail these freedoms:
Policy Submission: Public Service Broadcasting Bill
Download a PDF of AIDC's submission to parliament on the Public Service Broadcasting Bill shortlyPage 8 of 9
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