Almost immediately after the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in South Africa, the jokes started. From memes featuring prominent politicians to bad puns, from TikTok video clips to pictu... Read more
Media producers and users in developing countries need to be more vigilant about foreign media support. And they need to evaluate it. Read more
Ugly battles between journalists, certain media houses and and political parties and their leaders have drawn a vivid picture of the challenges political journalists face in South Africa, es... 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 (fi... 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
