Media neutrality - or the very real lack of it - in Africa

In every country in the world, the media writes for a paying audience. If newspapers are to sell successfully, the issues of their particular audience need to resonate with what the media reflects. But this ideology is far from the truth as far as the media in the African continent is concerned, as even if published articles resonate with some of the concerns of the moneyed elite, there is simply no freedom of expression or any kind of media neutrality. In the tiny Kingdom of Swaziland, the nation is presented again with the opportunity to go to the polls before the end of the year. What makes these elections even more critical is the fact that they are the first to be held under the constitutional dispensation. But for the locals on the ground, this means absolutely nothing. Shrugging their shoulders in defeat, they view the... [read full story]