THEMBA SEPOTOKELE | Kudos to SABC for highlighting health issues: On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Education, Scientific Community Organization (Unesco) World Press Day, the SABC Media & Society shone a spotlight on mental health…
A thorny subject that most people tend to gloss over or completely ignore, took place days after CNN and Fox News fired their respective popular anchors who have a fair share of their controversies.
Globally activities, media freedom activists, academics, institutions of higher learning, civil society and organisations such as the Press Council of South Africa, the South African Editors' Forum, Media Monitoring Africa, Press Attaches, Press Gallery Association and the National Press Club often organise events in line with Unesco to remind the world about the important role of the media as the eyes and ears of the public.
South African media has had its own share of challenges, be it during apartheid era and since the dawn of democracy. Commercial and public media including community media, all have their challenges. Newspapers, radio and television alike have seen the good, the birth and the ugly in terms of the birth of new media competition, the shedding of jobs including declining in dwindling readership, viewership and listenership, even the closure of some publications.
It is commendable that the public broadcaster, which for nearly six months operated without a board of directors, managed to zoom in on mental health issues bedevilling media practitioners. This is despite making any reference to the importance of Press World Day. It is an indication that despite the challenges, the editorial team and the producers of different shows have the shoulder to the wheel.
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