The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) recently joined other journalism and civic organisations in celebrating 2 November as International Day To End Impunity For Crimes Against Journalists, under the theme “Violence Against Journalists, Election Integrity, and the Role of Public Leadership.” According to MICT Deputy Minister, Emma Theofelus, this year’s theme allows the...
December 14, 2024
Tag: Journalists
Post
Journalists in some parts of Africa work under difficult conditions
Between January 2019 and June 2022, UNESCO documented 759 individual attacks on journalists, including five murders, during 89 elections in 70 countries. Many journalists in some parts of Africa often work under extremely challenging conditions, and as the world marks the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity,...
Post
Journalists protest against suspension of New Era managing editor
A group of about 20 journalists protested in front of the New Era Publication Corporation (NEPC) offices in Windhoek yesterday morning demanding that the publication’s suspended managing editor, Johnathan Beukes, be reinstated by tomorrow. Beukes was suspended last month until the end of October, allegedly without being informed of the charges against him. Beukes has...
Post
CISLAC builds capacity of journalists for effective security, defence reportage
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has built the capacity of journalists to effectively report the defence and security sector. Senior Programme Person, Peace and Security CISLAC, Bertha Ogbimi, made this known at a one-day Media Dialogue on “Effective Oversight and Defence Anti Corruption Reportage” in Abuja. According to Ogbimi, the workshop is aimed...
Post
Delays in registering media union leave journalists vulnerable
The Namibia Media Professionals Union (Nampu) says the delayed registration of the union is causing its members distress, leaving them vulnerable to unfair labour practices. This was said by Nampu’s acting secretary-general, Jemima Beukes, in a statement issued on Sunday. Beukes says the union has been struggling to be registered by the Office of the...
Post
Swartbooi claims journalists collude with MPs
Landless People’s Movement (LPM) leader Bernadus Swartbooi has accused journalists of drafting parliamentary questions for some members of parliament (MPs), whom he said do not have the capacity to think. Swartbooi, who is also an MP, made these allegations at a media briefing in Windhoek last week. He said the involved MPs then ask these...
Post
Journalists tasked on reportage of human trafficking, irregular migration
Journalists covering the human trafficking and irregular migration beat have been urged to be in-depth in reportage, and to go the extra mile in investigating and exposing the heinous crimes. The call was made on Saturday in Abuja at the closing session of a three-day training on ethics, do’s and don’ts of human trafficking and...