From the editor

Abstract

Nowadays, the media subjects one daily to global events. This news is selective in that only some events are considered news, whereas thousands of other events are not even mentioned. At present, a great deal of attention is paid to the influx of refugees through Eastern Europe to Germany, while the issue of unemployment in South Africa remains in abeyance. In 2015, the American- English television news networks CNN, Sky News, Fox and BBC World reported nearly hourly on the movement of these refugees from one country to the next. These networks emphasise the distress of these people, while the cause of this movement is not being addressed. In The Netherlands, De Volkskrant (2015) reported in a cartoon the reason for these people’s move to the west, namely “Bush promises us democracy and now we are here”. Few politicians had the courage to refer to the cause of the tragedy, namely the destabilisation of countries in the Middle East and North Africa by the USA and its allies. Justifiably, President Jacob Zuma indicated that the West is responsible for these events.