A recent report by an independent panel on the ethics and credibility of South Africa’s news media makes for worrying reading. Read more
To fight the coronavirus infodemic, we need to understand how misinformation spreads in particular host environments. This requires a study of culture, context and lived experience of media users. Read more
For a generation of Afrikaans-speaking South Africans the relaunch of the alternative weekly Vrye Weekblad (1988-1994), brought a whiff of nostalgia. Its readers remember the publication (first a newspaper, then a magazine) under Max du Preez’s editorship, fondly. Unequivocally against apartheid, Vrye Weekblad (The Free Weekly) was the paper that helped free Afrikaans from its […] Read more
Bongani Siqoko deserves praise for his apology. It might sting now, but it is bound to pay off in the long term. Integrity does not come cheap. Read more
The sustainability of the news media is a precondition for good journalism in the public interest. So economic questions should form part of discussions of press freedom. Read more