Thulani Ndlovu/CPJ Guest Blogger
Thulani Ndlovu has an LLB in law from Wits University, Johannesburg, and a diploma in mass communication. He works as a media advocate and freelancer in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
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ANC plans taint Southern Africa’s press freedom leader
As heads of state gathered last week at the summit of the Southern African Development Community, or SADC, in Namibia, their discussions were dominated by the progress of Zimbabwe’s precarious power-sharing political agreement, which includes pledges to address a repressive media environment. Leading the mediation in the Zimbabwean crisis has been neighboring South Africa, which…