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Prof Herman Wasserman, Director of Stellenbosch University's Centre for Information Integrity in Africa

Higher Education

R20m grant awarded to SU to combat information disorder

1 Sep 2025

Media Freedom

2 Tunisian journalists jailed pending trial, bolstering fears for free speech

Tunisian newsroom 16 May 2024

Media Freedom

Myanmar photojournalist sentenced to 20 years of hard labour

8 Sep 2023

#BizTrends2022: Discriminatory AI and disinformation powered by deep fakes

4th Industrial Revolution

#BizTrends2022: Discriminatory AI and disinformation powered by deep fakes

Anna Collard 10 Jan 2022

Making the move to working online

Accounting & Auditing

Making the move to working online

Issued by SAICA 20 Oct 2021

Targeting communications to counter Covid misinformation

Research

Targeting communications to counter Covid misinformation

Issued by VML 26 May 2021

Facebook and WHO launch 'Together Against Covid-19 Misinformation' campaign

Media

Facebook and WHO launch 'Together Against Covid-19 Misinformation' campaign

6 Apr 2021

Julia Sudnitskaya/Shutterstock via The Conversation.

Social Media

Africans are concerned about ills of social media but oppose government restrictions

Jeffrey Conroy-Krutz 3 Jun 2020

Getting real about fake news

Media

Getting real about fake news

Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 19 May 2020

The spread of false information can have a devastating impact on affected communities. Woohae Cho/Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

False information fuels fear during disease outbreaks: there is an antidote

Marina Joubert 10 Feb 2020

Journalist Nazli Ilicak is embraced after her release from prison in Istanbul in November 2019, after a court ordered her free on time served at a retrial. Two of her colleagues remain in prison on terrorism related charges, among the 47 journalists jailed in Turkey. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Huseyin Aldemir.

Media Freedom

The world's worst jailers of journalists

Elana Beiser 11 Dec 2019

Meet Facebook News: its new 'dedicated place' for news in the US

Social Media

Meet Facebook News: its new 'dedicated place' for news in the US

Shereesa Moodley 28 Oct 2019

International Print Day: 8 reasons why print thrives

Printing

International Print Day: 8 reasons why print thrives

Samantha Choles 23 Oct 2019

A police van is seen in Alexandria, Egypt, on September 27, 2019. Security forces recently arrested and allegedly tortured journalist Esraa Abdel Fattah. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh.

Media Freedom

Egyptian journalist Esraa Abdel Fattah arrested on false news charges

16 Oct 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Social Media

Facebook expands fact-checking to further countries in Africa

8 Oct 2019

Egypt arrests 3 more journalists amid crackdown

Media Freedom

Egypt arrests 3 more journalists amid crackdown

2 Oct 2019

Protesters from two of Benin's unions take part in a demonstration after the parliament approved a law restricting to 10 days public sector employees’ right to strike, on September 13, 2018, in Cotonou. Journalist Ignace Sossou convicted of false news in Benin on August 12, 2019. Crdit: CPJ/AFP/Yanick Folly.

Media Freedom

Journalist Ignace Sossou convicted of false news in Benin

27 Aug 2019

Tanzania detains Watetezi TV journalist over investigation of police

Media Freedom

Tanzania detains Watetezi TV journalist over investigation of police

26 Aug 2019

Image credit: Simon Steinberger from Pixabay.

Social Media

Facebook can now fact-check news in African languages

Shereesa Moodley 16 Aug 2019

Security forces are seen on June 22 in Nouakchott, Mauritania. Two journalists have been arrested and the internet has been cut throughout the country following elections on June 22. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Sia Kambou.

Media Freedom

Internet shutdown in Mauritania, media arrests

8 Jul 2019

Burkina Faso's presidential palace is seen in Ouagadougou on March 20, 2019. The president and Constitutional Council have the power to prevent the enactment of revisions of the country's penal code that could result in jail time for reporters. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Olympia de Maismont.

Media Freedom

Burkina Faso parliament criminalises false news, reporting on terrorism

4 Jul 2019

Prison guards are seen at Somaliland's Hargeisa prison on March 29, 2011. Television reporter Abdirahman Keyse Mohamed was recently arrested by police in Somaliland and is being held without charge in a prison in Las Anod. Credit: CPJ/AP/Katharine Houreld)

Media Freedom

Somaliland journalist injured during arrest, jailed without charge

22 May 2019

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during a press conference in Addis Ababa, in August 2018. Since Abiy's election, conditions for Ethiopia's journalists have improved, but some challenges remain. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Michael Tewelde.

Media Freedom

How the media is faring in Ethiopia

Muthoki Mumo 7 May 2019

Student Village releases student spend report

Research

Student Village releases student spend report

5 Apr 2019

A Tanzanian shoe-shiner conducts his business underneath an election poster for then ruling party presidential candidate, and later president, John Magufuli, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on October 27, 2015. On March 28, 2019, the East African Court of Justice found that multiple sections of Tanzania's Media Services Act restrict press freedom. Credit: CPJ/AP Photo/Khalfan Said.

Media Freedom

Tanzania media laws violate press freedom

1 Apr 2019

Digitalisation, fake news and integrity: The changing landscape of PR globally

PR & Communications

Digitalisation, fake news and integrity: The changing landscape of PR globally

Issued by MANGO-OMC 11 Mar 2019

A young man looks through a book at the Hargeisa International Book Fair in the Somaliland capital of Hargeisa on July 21, 2018. Somaliland authorities recently issued a one-year suspension of the privately owned Foore newspaper. Credit: CPJ/Mustafa Saeed/AFP).

Media Freedom

Somaliland court suspends newspaper for one year for publishing 'false news'

28 Feb 2019

Alan Committie as Richard III turns in a tour de force at Maynardville

Theatre

Alan Committie as Richard III turns in a tour de force at Maynardville

John Cooper 18 Feb 2019

Reducing fake news during elections in Africa

Social Media

Reducing fake news during elections in Africa

Akua Gyekye 13 Feb 2019

Hundreds of jailed journalists the new norm, CPJ census finds

Media Freedom

Hundreds of jailed journalists the new norm, CPJ census finds

13 Dec 2018

Media

Unisa administrator behind false news about Dros rape scandal

15 Nov 2018

Cameroon authorities summon journalist Mimi Mefo

Media

Cameroon authorities summon journalist Mimi Mefo

5 Nov 2018

Online Media

Facebook Africa launches third-party fact-checking w/ Africa Check, AFP

4 Oct 2018

The Citizen photographer, Jacques Nelles, named Upcoming/Rising Star. © Danette Breitenbach.

Media

#SBSJA18: A celebration of verified journalism

Danette Breitenbach 14 Sep 2018

Egypt extends detention period for four journalists held as part of mass trial

Media

Egypt extends detention period for four journalists held as part of mass trial

23 Aug 2018

Galal El Behairy, Egyptian poet.

Media Freedom

Release Egyptian poet detained for 'critical' song

30 Jul 2018

Legislative reforms still needed in Gambia

Media

Legislative reforms still needed in Gambia

21 May 2018

Kenyan president should not sign cybercrime bill into law

Digital

Kenyan president should not sign cybercrime bill into law

15 May 2018

The Journalism Trust Initiative to combat disinformation is launched

Media

The Journalism Trust Initiative to combat disinformation is launched

4 Apr 2018

Facebook, Google warn Singapore against 'fake news' law

Social Media

Facebook, Google warn Singapore against 'fake news' law

23 Mar 2018

ECOWAS court rules Gambia violated rights of journalists

Media

ECOWAS court rules Gambia violated rights of journalists

15 Feb 2018

Egyptian public must be able to access all news sites

Media

Egyptian public must be able to access all news sites

9 Feb 2018

Cairo, Egypt/ © Leonid Andronov via

Media

Egypt extends state of emergency and tightens censorship

Marwa Morgan 18 Jan 2018

Somali authorities arrest local journalist following critical reporting

Media

Somali authorities arrest local journalist following critical reporting

5 Jan 2018

Image credit: scanrail via .

Media Freedom

Somaliland journalists detained, accused of "false news"

29 Dec 2017

Safrea denounces jailing of journalists

Media

Safrea denounces jailing of journalists

Issued by Safrea 18 Dec 2017

Record number of journalists imprisoned globally

Media

Record number of journalists imprisoned globally

13 Dec 2017

All the winners of the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards 2017.

Media

Sikuvile Awards 2017: Recognising the soldiers of the truth

Danette Breitenbach 20 Oct 2017

Somaliland court jails journalist for 18 months

Media

Somaliland court jails journalist for 18 months

12 Oct 2017

Uproar over internet shutdowns

Digital

Uproar over internet shutdowns

Tonderayi Mukeredzi 26 Sep 2017