The men who shaped the South African media: the untold story

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dc.contributor.authorMatisonn, John
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.date2014-01-20
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-29T10:49:57Z
dc.date.available2014-09-29T10:49:57Z
dc.date.issued2014-09-29
dc.description.abstractThe media was one of the first sectors to change in South Africa after apartheid. This three-lecture course will argue that its future is now at risk not only because of government measures such as the Secrecy Bill but also because of changes of ownership amid the technological revolution. The course will draw on new research as well as the lecturer’s firsthand knowledge of key events, including the original exposés of the Broederbond and Muldergate, apartheid era attempts to stop reporting on corruption, the downfall of the Rand Daily Mail, the establishment of the Nigerian-backed and short-lived THISDAY newspaper, the Truth Commission hearings on the media, and the opening of the airwaves after 1994. It will describe the influence of two men who set the philosophy of the SABC: Lord John Reith, founder of the BBC, and Dr Piet Meyer, a Nationalist leader. The role of Charles Bloomberg, a journalist who pioneered the exposure of Meyer and the Afrikaner Broederbond, will be explored, as will Muldergate, the scandal driven by Prime Minister John Vorster’s determination to stop the anti-apartheid Rand Daily Mail newspaper. The course will show how the apartheid government spent millions of rands to influence, buy, bribe or close newspapers and media, civil society organisations and churches around the world. The final lecture will explain how the media changed at the end of apartheid, how the Truth Commission hearings on the media influenced that change, the new era of the Secrecy Bill and new ownership of key media institutions.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitation 2014. <i>The men who shaped the South African media: the untold story.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7731en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation. 2014. <i>The men who shaped the South African media: the untold story.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7731en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMatisonn, J. 2014-09-29. The men who shaped the South African media: the untold story. Recorded lecture. University of Cape Town Summer School 2014. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Other AU - Matisonn, John AB - The media was one of the first sectors to change in South Africa after apartheid. This three-lecture course will argue that its future is now at risk not only because of government measures such as the Secrecy Bill but also because of changes of ownership amid the technological revolution. The course will draw on new research as well as the lecturer’s firsthand knowledge of key events, including the original exposés of the Broederbond and Muldergate, apartheid era attempts to stop reporting on corruption, the downfall of the Rand Daily Mail, the establishment of the Nigerian-backed and short-lived THISDAY newspaper, the Truth Commission hearings on the media, and the opening of the airwaves after 1994. It will describe the influence of two men who set the philosophy of the SABC: Lord John Reith, founder of the BBC, and Dr Piet Meyer, a Nationalist leader. The role of Charles Bloomberg, a journalist who pioneered the exposure of Meyer and the Afrikaner Broederbond, will be explored, as will Muldergate, the scandal driven by Prime Minister John Vorster’s determination to stop the anti-apartheid Rand Daily Mail newspaper. The course will show how the apartheid government spent millions of rands to influence, buy, bribe or close newspapers and media, civil society organisations and churches around the world. The final lecture will explain how the media changed at the end of apartheid, how the Truth Commission hearings on the media influenced that change, the new era of the Secrecy Bill and new ownership of key media institutions. DA - 2014-09-29 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - media KW - post-apartheid KW - Rand Daily Mail KW - reporting on corruption KW - Muldergate LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - The men who shaped the South African media: the untold story TI - The men who shaped the South African media: the untold story UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7731 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitation. 2014. <i>The men who shaped the South African media: the untold story.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7731en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUniversity of Cape Town Summer School 2014en_ZA
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen_ZA
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_ZA
dc.subjectmediaen_ZA
dc.subjectpost-apartheiden_ZA
dc.subjectRand Daily Mailen_ZA
dc.subjectreporting on corruptionen_ZA
dc.subjectMuldergateen_ZA
dc.titleThe men who shaped the South African media: the untold storyen_ZA
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uct.type.publicationTeaching and Learningen_ZA
uct.type.resourceRecorded lectureen_ZA
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