Blood on the newsroom floor
The Sunday Times and The Times have retrenched an unprecedented 11 photographers. Former Cape Times editor Alide Dasnois has now been fired by Independent Newspapers as ...
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Media owner ‘spits fire’ at Sanef awards
Former Cape Times editor Alida Dasnois walked away with the Nat Nakasa award for courageous journalism at the weekend. But ...
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Twitter abuzz about Independent
I recently participated in an interesting Twitter conversation about Independent News and Media South Africa. Journalists Mandy de Waal and Kristen ...
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The perils of foreign owners
Do foreign media owners exploit local media? Back in 2009, local media reported that Irish businessman Tony O’Reilly’s Independent News ...
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Iqbal the warrior: Going where no SA media owner has gone before
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, ...
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It’s Cronin not Bell: when those who were oppressed become the oppressors
“It later turned out that Zikalala himself had pushed for my dismissal. He explained to senior black colleagues, who in ...
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