Pretoria News Weekend

World Press Day a reminder of demands of journalism

IF THE press did not exist, or was allowed to die, people would be as good as without a mirror to see themselves, being ignorant of the society they live in and unaware of the world they inhabit.

This accounts for the significance of World Press Day staking its claim on the world’s calendar on May 3. This year marked the day’s 28th anniversary, which traces its origin to the Windhoek Declaration as a statement of press freedom principles of African

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