Well thanks to the efficiency of our group we have managed to do the required research, before the due date so that gives us enough time to edit our work and make sure that the information we have is relevant to our project.
This project has opened my eyes to alot of things that I was not aware of, like the fact that this is not the first time the tribunal has been suggested to this country but it has been in the year 2007, it seems it was not a major story than simply because there was no follow through to the tribunal but the idea was shut down striaght away.
The ANC proclaims it all to have been too early and the proposal was not yet finalized, also in their defense, the media is said to have been too hostile towards the party. “This temperament has existed since the 60’s. When (former president Nelson Mandela) was released from prison, (the media) was highly critical of his ability to lead after spending 20 years in jail. Thabo Mbeki also suffered a torrid time” says Jessie Duarte (Spokesperson for the ANC women league). It seems they have also used Mr. Zuma’s “castigation” to their advantage. The ombudsman has also been said to be inadequate for editors often apologized obscurely or just apologize without stating the correct version of the story. High ranked newspapers have also been known to faultier. The Times ran an erroneous story regarding cde Nzimande for “his excitement at the prospect of sending a journalist to jail”. The following day The Times posted an apology for the story whilst The Business Day ran an article of the exact story having gotten the information from its only source- The Times newspaper.
From what I read up it also seems that the media tribunal has also managed to cause conflict between head journalists, maybe this was what the government wanted to achieve by proposing the tribunal in the first place. Could it be that they might focus more on eachother rather than report on vital stories?
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