Journalism in SA needs financial support, policy reform

SHEETAL BHOOLATHE recent shutdown of the Daily Maverick has forced citizens to put their thinking caps on. The value of journalism and its contribution to any healthy democracy has been scrutinised amid an unstable political economy fraught with corruption and has failed municipal services in many provinces.The World Association of News Publishers published an article that stipulated that the Daily Maverick shut down on 15 April 2024 to illustrate the global journalism crisis and create awareness.The Daily Maverick stated: “We have failed to communicate the severity of the crisis and the…