Deputy Minister of Communications, Pinky Kekana Calls on campus media to promote social cohesion
Deputy Minister of Communications, Pinky Kekana hosted a campus radio stations engagement with the aim of fostering, nurturing and strengthening a relationship between government and campus radio stations.
The campus media sector has grown immensely over the years. To date, most public and private universities and colleges in the country have established campus radio stations and newspapers. Government also recognizes that campus media is a leader in development and training of media and communications students who eventually become professional news reporters, writers, news readers and content producers.
As such campus stations are not only mediums to engage with students, but they also play a vital role in communities in a sense that majority of the campus stations reach listeners in the communities surrounding the university premises. In this regard, campus media are as important as community media. They are a tool for social cohesion, a budding ground for talent and a critical medium of information sharing.
“We recognise that students are members of the community before they are students, and Campus media are equally key and relevant to contribute to the promotion of social cohesion and nation building as envisaged in the National Development Plan vision 2030.” Said Deputy Minister Pinky Kekana
Deputy Minister, Pinky Kekana also took the opportunity to pay tribute, to the late Jabulani Tsambo, “As music connoisseurs, compilers and citizens South Africa has lost a son of the soil in Jabba Man Hip-Hop Pantsula otherwise known as Jabulani Tsambo. With his music he spoke to not just our hearts, but to our consciousness. His music and rap repertoire was intrinsically South African and spoke to the soul of our communities. Through his music we had the opportunity to see the world via the magical lens of Motswako. South Africa and dare I say the continent was blessed to have heard the musical genius that was HHP.”
The event was also used to encourage campus media and other interested individuals and parties to make submissions on the draft Digital Sound Broadcasting (DSB) policy directive. Written comments on the policy directive must be received within 30 (thirty) days. For more information on the DSB Click here.
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