Throughout history, despotic leaders have tried to maintain social equanimity by banning all sorts of things from public gatherings to books, liquor, movies and in the case of the early days of apartheid – television. Read more
What is it with South Africa’s three local TV news channels broadcasting merciless hours of mindless ministerial COVID-19 mayhem every day? Read more
The writing has always been on the wall for newspapers and magazines that resisted the digital world but now it seems COVID-19 has speeded up the inevitable with the demise of two high profile magazine publishers. Read more
Government has gone to extraordinary lengths practically every day to hold media briefings on a variety of aspects of its response to the virus. Read more
It seems South Africa’s pool of brand and media research data is emptying faster than a dam in then middle of the drought-stricken Great Karoo. Read more
