Putting Mandela’s press freedom priorities into practice

Thomson Foundation's work with South African national broadcaster SABC coincided with Nelson Mandela’s election as president. He famously said, “South Africa should put freedom of its press and media at the top of its priorities” and so the foundation was invited into SABC to help contribute to the changes needed to put Mandela’s philosophy into practice. The foundation restructured news and current affairs and trained more than 150 journalists during an intensive three-month period.