ANC policy conference delegates have called for Parliament to urgently implement a proposal calling for the establishment of a media appeals tribunal and a regulatory body for the print media.This is according to ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu‚ who is also the head of the ANC’s sub-committee on communications. The call follows discussions on the media and the communications industry at the party’s policy conference in Nasrec in the south of Johannesburg.Briefing journalists‚ Mthembu said the print media were a "powerful tool that could effect even a regime change" and had to be held accountable as to how they conducted their affairs.The resolution was first adopted at the ANC’s national conference in Mangaung in 2012, but the government has stalled its implementation in the face of objections from leading media houses which said the move was a threat to press freedom.Mthembu said delegates at the policy conference have urged Parliament to urgently conduct an inquiry into the best wa...
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