Could Bonang win R10 million in damages from Sunday World? We take a look at legal precedents when it comes to these kinds of cases. Read more
The Cape Times and the Cape Town Press Club are embroiled in a front page spat. Ed Herbst analyses what's going on. Read more
SANEF described the attempt by Independent Media to smear journalists reporting on the failed Sagarmatha listing as using 'stratcom' tactics as a ‘sad day’ for SA journalism. Read more
“Live tweets of Omar al-Bashir’s presidential plane taking off from Air Force Base Waterkloof gave us a memorable jaw-dropping moment on social media. The tweets were posted at about the same time as government lawyers were assuring judges that the Sudanese president was still in the country.” – Janet Heard City Press 21/6/2015 Like most South […] Read more
To those of us who worked at the SABC in the John Vorster and PW Botha eras, what is happening now at the SABC feels distinctly familiar – as I pointed out in an article on the Biznews website. For media researchers much of the best investigative journalism is now appearing in the Afrikaans press […] Read more
Eight employees of Gupta-owned news channel, ANN7, were allegedly escorted from the broadcaster’s channel for refusing to listen to ANCYL president, Collen Maine, who was to address them. Three SABC staffers suffered the same fate when they queried a decision to not cover a picket outside the public broadcaster’s offices. Now they’re taking their case […] Read more