Voices | It was a privilege to witness a new era in South African media broadcasting - the arrival of Newzroom Afrika in the media scene this week.
NewzRoom Afrika, which airs on DStv channel 405, is a 24-hour news channel which went live on air on Thursday 2 May, an opportune time as South Africans are casting their votes on in six days’ time in the general elections.
Before all this happened, majority black shareholding in a media business could only be referenced to Zimbabwean businessman Trevor Ncube, who at the time and until recently owned Mail and Guardian in South Africa as well as other news titles in Zimbabwe. One might argue that SA’s leading titles have had their fair share of appointing black women of excellence in top editorial positions, with the Mail and Guardian ship currently being steered by a woman editor in Khadija Patel. Mapula Nkosi currently edits Sunday World and Nwabisa Makunga oversees editorial operations at The Herald in the Eastern Cape. Previously, Sunday Times and City Press were edited by women a few years ago.
“We call it blackmail because the political economy of the journalism profession is similar to others where black professionals can’t freely experiment and innovate without their livelihoods being threatened.”Ngwato said this week that she believes viewers are hungry for a different perspective that is fully independent and puts their interests first.
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