The Department of Journalism at Stellenbosch University held a conference in celebration of International Press Freedom Day on 5 May. Abbey Makoe of the Forum for Black Journalists, Rhoda Kadalie, human rights activist, Khathu Mamaila, editor, City Press, and Henry Jeffreys, editor, Die Burger, debated the pro's and con's of media freedom. The respondent was Prof Wayne Wanta, a visiting Fulbright professor from Missouri University.