A Luta Continua by Lizette Rabe
What has media freedom entailed over the couple of centuries and successive governments of the geopolitical region that became South Africa since it was colonised by Westerners? And why can media freedom be described as both pillar and cornerstone of a democracy? It’s simple, as in the words of Nelson Mandela, first state president of a democratic South Africa: Press freedom is the “lifeblood of democracy”. This book tells the tale of the various states of press freedom, or unfreedom, from colonial times to today – from a British governor called a dictator and a despot, through apartheid’s “pigmentocracy”, or “sjambokracy”, where the rule of law “has been replaced by the rule of the whip”, up to the dawn of liberation, with media freedom entrenched in Article 16 of South Africa’s Bill of Rights. And why should all of this concern you? Because media freedom is not about the freedom of the media. It is about your freedom.
Rabe, Lizette: - Lizette Rabe is professor in Journalism at Stellenbosch University (SU), with media history and cultural history as her research interests. She worked in the media industry for about twenty years before she was appointed as head of the postgraduate Department of Journalism at SU in 2001. She is author, co-author or editor of several publications, as well as author of close to 50 peer-reviewed articles. Rabe is a member of several professional associations, both nationally and internationally. She was on the first Rector's List of SU's 25 top researchers across all faculties and receiver of the Rector's Award in Teaching Excellence. She is also holder of the prestigious Chancellor's Award and was honoured with the Stals Award for Journalism and Communication by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781928480808 |
| ISBN 10 | 1928480802 |
| Title | A Luta Continua |
| Author | Lizette Rabe |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | African Sun Media |
| Year published | 2020-10-20 |
| Number of pages | 486 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |