# Communications and Digital Technologies minister, Solly Malatsi has warned that news media are struggling to survive, calling it an existential crisis. Speaking at the Media 20 Summit in Johannesburg, Malatsi cited the 2025 World Press Freedom Index, which found outlets in 160 of 180 countries face financial strain. He urged governments and the private sector to collaborate on sustainable models, warning that collapsing newsrooms threaten democracy, accountability, and information integrity:
Malatsi warns of media sustainability crisis at M20 Summit [SOUND]
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