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Marking World Press Freedom Day 2011 Yesterday, Tuesday, 3 May 2011, was World Press Freedom Day, marking the 20th anniversary of the Declaration of Windhoek, a statement of free press principles put together by African newspaper journalists in 1991 in Windhoek, Namibia. Above is the 2011 Map of Press Freedom, a graphic representation of country ratings produced by Freedom House, an independent nongovernmental organisation that has monitored press freedom worldwide since 1980. This map reflects the findings of Freedom House's study Freedom of the Press 2011: A Global Survey of Media Independence, which rates the level of press freedom in 196 countries and territories during 2010. Based on these ratings, countries are classified as Free (green), Partly Free (orange), or Not Free (blue). Today's top stories
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WASHINGTON: The number of people worldwide with access to free and independent media declined to its lowest level in over a decade, according a Freedom House study released yesterday, 2 May 2011. The report, Freedom of the Press 2011: A global survey of media independence, found that a number of key countries experienced significant declines, producing a global landscape in which only one in six people live in countries with a press that is designated Free. 
Yesterday, Tuesday, 3 May 2011, was the 20th anniversary of 
BENGHAZI: A group of French bloggers said they had traveled to the shell-shocked city of Misrata, where a friend nearly lost his life, to support Libya's revolution. 
MTN Business Zambia has engaged in a sponsorship with the SOS Children's Village - an international non-governmental child welfare organisation, whose main objective is to provide long-term family care to children in need of care. 
Garrick Hamm, creative partner at the London design consultancy, Williams Murray Hamm (WMH), will be the Communication Design jury chairman at the 
Business, finance and markets channel CNBC Africa plans to publish its annual coverage of the World Economic Forum on Africa in a magazine titled African Trends. The magazine, published by Panorama Publications, will be distributed at the 2011 event from 4-6 May in Cape Town, South Africa. 
The world's largest retailer Wal-Mart has confirmed that the High Court of Namibia has unanimously upheld its application to invalidate all conditions attached by the Namibian Competition Commission on its approval of the proposed acquisition of Massmart (MSM). 
| International news |
UNITED KINGDOMUK: April sees fall in consumer confidence
LONDON, UK: The GfK NOP Consumer Confidence Index has dropped 3 points this month to -31. April has seen decreases across all 5 measures; public perception of the country's general economic situation over the last 12 months and over the next 12 months, confidence in their own personal financial situation over the last 12 months and over the next 12 months, and the major purchases index. Read more >>UNITED STATESGreen marketing could pay off for financial services firms
[Mintel Oxygen] CHICAGO, US: For many financial institutions, pre-recession initiatives such as green marketing have taken a back seat as they have been dealing with the aftermath of the economic crisis. However, it may be time to pull out those tools again in order to help rebuild their image. Read more >>BELGIUMFrancine Robbens new PRGN president
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) (www.prgn.com), one of the top international networks of leading independent public relations agencies, has announced the election of Francine Robbens of PRP - Public Relations Partners in Brussels as its new president. Read more >>UNITED STATESOne Show finalists announced
The One Club has announced the finalists for the 2011 One Show, One Show Design and One Show Interactive awards. South African agencies are well represented in the awards Read more >>UNITED STATESADC 90th Annual Awards winners
UNITED KINGDOMPwC comments on online gamers' data theft
| Motoring |
SOUTH AFRICAPretty hatch joins Kia clan
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Carmaker Kia has a problem in South Africa which is going to get even worse with the arrival of a new 5-door Cerato Hatch - the demand for Kia vehicles already far out-strips the number of vehicles it can supply and the cocky newcomer is going to place even more pressure on imported numbers. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICALittle fingers, big trouble...
| Travel |
SOUTH AFRICA2011 Tourism Indaba looms as Zuma rallies support for tourism at WEF on Africa
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The 2011 Tourism Indaba, which will unpack the new goals set for the tourism industry, will kick off on Saturday, 7 May 2011, at the Albert Luthuli Convention Centre in Durban. South Africa, ranked 32nd globally in business tourism, will host the 21st World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa during which President Jacob Zuma will promote tourism on the sidelines by signing the United Nations world tourism organisations' 'Golden Book' in Cape Town. Read more >>More Travel news...
| Sport |
SOUTH AFRICAStorming Bullies
[Corne Krige] Firstly, I would like to say that it is an honour for me to write a weekly column for Bizcommunity's BizLifesyle section and I really hope that many of you will enjoy my views on current rugby and other sports-related issues. I also welcome any feedback and will talk to the powers that be to make sure that there is a platform for your comments and feedback to reach me. Read more >>More Sport...
| BizLounge |
SOUTH AFRICATaking a "Break Away" Sick Leave
[Ruth Cooper] One-man-band maverick Eksteen Jacobsz chats to BizLounge about the latest Sick Leaves happenings, including the digital release of his new EP "Breaking Away" and involvement in the Roy Orbison Foundation compilation album. (Fingers crossed that Eksteen's track is included.) Read more >>More BizLounge news...
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