South African Communist Party (SACP) general secretary Blade Nzimande tore into the media on Friday, describing its content as “horrifying”.<\/p>\n
He bemoaned what he called a “media monopoly”, saying the situation had gotten worse instead of better since 1994.<\/p>\n
Media houses did not invest enough into quality journalism he said at the opening of an SACP summit on media transformation.<\/p>\n
“They have neglected the newsroom.”<\/p>\n
He complained about headlines in newspapers about “tokoloshes”, saying the content currently offered by the media was “horrifying”.<\/p>\n
“We hardly find investment into training journalists to understand education and health,” he said.<\/p>\n
Nzimande said the media catered for the middle-class and not ordinary people.<\/p>\n
“This is a serious challenge.”<\/p>\n
He said MultiChoice enjoyed a monopoly in the pay television sector and was “unhealthy”.<\/p>\n
After his opening address at the summit in Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg, delegates broke up into commissions to further discuss “challenges” facing South Africa.<\/p>\n
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