NEWSWATCH: If we want a free Africa, we must have a free African media - and in too many parts of the continent the media is anything but free - and if we're not very careful SA could go the same way. Now Branko Brkic, of The Daily Maverick has launched Free African Media, which he will edit. Join him... we owe it to ourselves and our children.
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Free African Media: Free African Media: A dream we should all work to fulfil... Brkic puts it better than we could... 'As we chronicle how the brave people of Egypt and Tunisia fight to win their basic freedoms for the first time, the rest of Africa looks to be sliding back into the ever-tightening rule of Big Men. The question is, what will we do about it? What will we do to make sure Free African Media is a reality?' OK - so, what are you going to do? Will you stand up for a Free African Media? Or will you wait for the Thought Police to make a call and use a little gentle persuasion to convince you that publishing a few home truths about your leaders is somewhat unwise and could be severely career-limiting?
