Critics Slam Plan to License South Africa Reporters

A plan to license reporters in South Africa is being condemned by journalist groups. The new chief of South Africa’s public broadcaster, Hlaudi Motsoeneng, had already raised the ire of many South Africans for claiming to have a high school diploma, called a matric, which he does not. Now he's further raised hackles by demanding that journalists in Africa’s most established and boisterous media landscape be licensed to practice. Motsoeneng says media licensing is necessary...

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