SAMS confronts growing threats to press freedom
INDEPENDENT journalism, long regarded as the lifeblood of democracy, is under mounting pressure across Southern Africa as political interference, restrictive laws, financial hardship and threats
By Faith Zaba
Oct. 3, 2025
Of tenderprenuers and the threat to independent journalism in Zimbabwe
Most states are part of the global family of nations under the auspices of the United Nations (UN) and to this end subscribe to the universally declared rights for every person.
By Nigel Nyamutumbu
Sep. 21, 2025
Journalists cannot remain quiet... time to boldly, unapologetically tell our stories as the fourth estate
AROUND 2021, I began to feel deeply unsettled by a growing phenomenon in South African newsrooms: Black African women were leaving the industry.
By Bongie Macupe
Sep. 19, 2025
Unionising journalists in Zim: Challenges and opportunities
Other roles are actually now defunct with the emergence of atificial intelligence (AI) tools replacing some of the functions that were necessary in newsrooms in the not so distant past.
By Nigel Nyamutumbu
Sep. 14, 2025
Digital Digest: Goodbye, dust bunnies! A farewell to the desk that time forgot
The digital landscape was evolving with the speed of a cat meme going viral, yet those who held the reins seemed oblivious.
By Silence Mugadzaweta
Aug. 30, 2025
Podcasting regulation challenge and need to ring fence journalism
To explore what is now commonly deemed a complex demarcation between traditional and the so called new forms of journalism such as podcasting, let me
By Nigel Nyamutumbu
Jul. 13, 2025
Editors Memo: Front page awaits your touch
Today, I hold the pen for her. But locking up editors does not silence journalism. It galvanises it. It exposes the very fears you wish to bury.
By Shame Makoshori
Jul. 4, 2025
AI: The monster facing today’s newsrooms — or the key to their survival?
Jobs in journalism are increasingly under threat and new tools are disrupting the comfort zones of technophobic professionals.
By Newsday
Jun. 28, 2025
Female journalists uproot boys’ club dominance
Participants were trained in financial reporting, political and investigative journalism, fact-checking, and cutting-edge techniques such as AI tools for journalists.
By Harriet Chikandiwa
Jun. 13, 2025
