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Anton Harber

Anton Harber

Anton Harber is the Caxton Professor of Journalism and Media Studies and director of the Journalism Programme at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Harber has had a long career in journalism, media management and the training of journalists.

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An editor goes to jail … Does anyone care?

Anton Harber by Anton Harber 18 October 200718 October 2007

Journalists are not above the law, right? So why the fuss over the legal action against Sunday Times editor Mondli Makhanya? The reason is threefold. The first is that images of editors being dragged off to prison (exaggerated as these seem to be in this case) are not good for a country that is a […]

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