Anton Harber is the Caxton professor of journalism and media studies at the university of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He is also the chair of BIG Media, an Internet publishing company, and the Freedom of Expression Institute. He was the co-founder and co-editor of the Weekly Mail (now the Mail & Guardian) and was editor of both the first and second editions of The A–Z of South African Politics. He writes a column in Business Day and a blog