Loading ...Cyber-ops training now at universities: NSA
The National Security Agency is trying to expand U.S. cyber expertise needed for secret intelligence operations against adversaries on computer networks through a new cyber-ops program at selected universities
Facebook settles “sponsored stories” lawsuit
Facebook Inc has agreed to settle a lawsuit that alleged the site’s “Sponsored Stories” feature publicized users’ “likes” without compensation or the ability to opt out, according to a court document filed on Tuesday
E-toll ruling challenged by government in Constitutional Court
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has made an unusual appeal to the Constitutional Court in a bid to set aside the high court order halting e-tolling, according to reports on Wednesday
SpaceX successfully launches Dragon capsule
Opening a new era in private space flight, the US company SpaceX on Tuesday became the first commercial outfit to launch its own craft toward the International Space Station
SpaceX ready for new launch attempt
SpaceX on Monday readied a fresh bid to become the first private company to launch its own craft to the International Space Station after fixing an engine problem that grounded its earlier try
SA National Editors' Forum wants to meet with Zuma
| Rudolph Muller | August 29, 2010 | No comments |
Rudolph Muller
Rudolph Muller is the editor at MyBroadband and covers telecoms and broadband news. Rudolph comes from an academic background, but left the University of...
| Full Profile |
The SA National Editors' Forum (Sanef) was liaising with President Jacob Zuma's office to set a date for a meeting discussing the media-government relationship, it said on Sunday.
“We are planning to meet with the cabinet to discuss the relationship between the government and the media. It is not specifically about the proposed media tribunal,” Avusa editor-in-chief and Sanef action committee chairman Mondli Makhanya said in a telephone interview.
“No date has been set yet but we are aiming for early September. We are liaising with his spokesman Themba [Maseko] to set up a date in his (Zuma’s) diary,” he said.
Although Maseko could not be reached for comment, Zuma spokesman Zizi Kodwa said that the president currently had no meetings with editors in his diary.
According to the Rapport on Sunday the meeting had been set up to discuss the ANC’s plans for a media tribunal.
It said the tribunal, which enjoyed strong support from the ANC, walked closely with the Protection of Information Bill and was widely seen as an attempt to muzzle South African media.
Sanef was meeting with non-governmental organisations and other stakeholders on Monday to discuss free speech and media freedom in South Africa, which the paper said was part of a plan being drawn up to get the ANC to abandon the media tribunal.
The tribunal and proposed amendment to the Information Bill had been strongly opposed by local media, writers, academics, organisations, politicians and activists.
