Zimbabwe: A Society On the Edge

13 May 2020
GGA - Governance and COVID-19 (Johannesburg)
analysis

Working for privately-owned media in Zimbabwe means consciously facing serious risks

The term "fourth estate" to describe the press is generally attributed to British MP Lord Thomas Macaulay, who is said to have used it in reference to members of the press seated in the House of Commons gallery in 1828. The media was seen as the necessary additional element of democracy that would serve as a watchdog of the other three arms of government. Since then, this characterisation of the media has had profound significance in understanding the role and place of the media in modern society.

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