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only ronstant In the shifting relationship between government and press was their dIsaffection w1tl1 each other, the former editor of the Washington Post, Mr Ben 8radlee, said at the wffic.end. .

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·Show m~ a presS that is satiMled with the govem.mmt \ and I "U!5oow you a lireless and an IJl.tnformed peop!<."

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BradJ~ who was executtve edltor of th~ Wa.\hlngton Pasi It thetlm< of the Wa"'P1r!C3I1dal (obout the bJo.ak·1n at Democratic Party offlces'that led to then President _ ~., downI3ll), said the..aI!tY. of democracy ....

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"Reponers must ^not su<pend bell<! befut.1hey find the troth.. Br.Idke abo ^~ tbe: tesson of Willcsgate to guvan.

m<!lt shook! be: "Tell the ttuth. The!< guy.·lIe amstantly - but Ih<'i lie at thrir own glUt porlI."

The dWrman of the Commonwuhh Pres.s Union, Slr Dmd EzJg1lsh, lata ""cloned B_', vi"", adding: "A

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Pr~ldl!nt Nrlson Mandtla to dls- ~la's-roi:filDents made in a spteeh ~

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.fustier. .• cnUc r1~h~ to atttdJe the media, Conflrmlng this yestc:rdi:y at ·wewondcJ,why~ lndlrectlyc::lm the launch of the ncft unified rusptdof) on;all smIof bladc.low.

South African NilUon.1 Editors' nallsu '" thus opening 0111 senior Forum (Sanef). Sfbty2 s.JJd Mandda black tow'h~1sb to OIbusc and vte-

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THE future. of free and s~ngthen the credibilil~' the media. stressing that independent mt:.dia) in of the Press:', . such tens,e·n Nac; heafiJiy South Africa depends 011 . ,..-It Naldoo said toCJ¥OI;th AfO&a's

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• . .. ' - I ty to emp :lS1~ t ~ pos!- the media en'aye frtt- Its dl\'Cf'Se pans, not to live and n~gati\'e in a dom ens~rin'cd in the the government of \thl! 'TJlulLi-<.:ultural society. it ('ou.,try's interim consti- day, Posts. Telecornmu- was also crucial that this tution. He Si:tid steps ... en:

nication~ and 'Bra'ad- • be ex~ised with peal care. in place. such 3S thc casting Minister

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Addrc\sing reponcf")' 3: what you w~t 10 S3y. Just thcr enharce. Ire freedom a n:iLional media scrr-inar ,3.<;. fn:edo~ I!';. mort: than of ~outh ^I .fnci.n Prt'SS.

in Johanncsburg organised being out:"ll.k 'he walls of ~I!oo ,~annc:d. Mr by the Sowo:lan newsp"- a prison. . ~3Ido.o S lid. "'as thc per. Mr Naidoo caJled for !We need a :"tron~ mtle- hc~n:"ln[!. o.f. ano~er the establisHment of a ~ndenl meiJla to bC' the natlonaltc1e\·lsl.on stallon

"chaner of. the Press'; in. watchdog of our democra- ~ext yea~ and I le IlIloc."- Sou;.i; Af.ca.. This woulri .. ·I:.V. But the media should tlon of lIe..:ncr, 10 man.:

ensure a code of conduct ' ~_dlv.erse and n::p~!OCnt3- c~mmu.nity ~nd conlmer- for joumal~ls was ({ol- .

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of thc populallon of CIa} 0010 st'U.I{lI1::li. - Sarn.

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^quest )for .... bUl' country:' - inrormi,.g~dl;iery. . . :. f:lc I;alkd on :~ media

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^'is needed in .. ~ .io ptq'are it<;.elf for the South.J.frka. also interna- . c~allcnge.<: of the global lionalty,

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a-flen:ely inde- information revolution. pendent I"ids C2!Dmlftb:! This n:quired that infor-

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accurate u:pnnjng." ^I talely to all. especially

"In South Arrica. a lho!le isolated in rural :"lricter adherence to a ~o::

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challP.nges that will faceSanera,~10us Its own roles In lhe tasks of eradW=

poverty. homelessness; illiteracy dlSil^hg crlme and vfolence ~ our sdc&etv. • ...

• Participants in Sanef come.from a sed.

e.y that had been splil apart l-y race colour, exclusive white p.rlvilege, and Id':

ology, and the decision to-work together in . .£ulldlng 8 truly nonraciai,socJety rn'c""s

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make the organisation relevant to the social ch~ges ~e enVision. which serve as essel ntlal ~Ients of the truly democrat.

c Sou~ ~ca we want to see,

PartiCIpants at the inaugural l3unchin of the

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ro!es In so many fonns. programmes and pnnc1ples in their effort to play a positive

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to the extent a"'r~nd olmme alluded fO,TOr mstance, wher..i.le admitted that ~'e

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"but we do oot just wan. the loa!. we want the whole bakery ... "

'Ve still need to sprin\·::lean our own house and transfcrt:1 the ~)'edominantly

white and male newsrooms that W~ see in most media. tn3tH\ltir.i~,':. ;I,'~ need to go 'wcyon( merely talkir "'. ·raining the dsadvantaged per.;:on" '. ^{' i} u~itors and edtors.lherefore 3cceie.~i.ing the proce5S of teracialising managerial posilior.s thenfore helping in the balancingofpower a."ld uterests within Sanefitself.lt was also crucial that Deputy President Thabo

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