Africa needs a voice on information integrity and media freedom

South Africa’s G20 presidency shouldn’t drop the baton passed by Brazil on this crucial issue that underpins good governance.

As leaders of the world’s major economies prepare for the November G20 Johannesburg Summit, champions of South Africa’s journalism industry are working to ensure that information integrity and media freedom are not overlooked.

The two issues are inextricably linked, argue Media Monitoring Africa and the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF). Together, the two organisations are spearheading Media20 (M20) in the lead-up to the G20 talks, to highlight the issues.

Read the full article, originally published on the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) website on 17 July, by following this link.