While Twitter has radically changed the way news is reported, disseminated and consumed in markets abroad, is this the case in South Africa, where data is expensive and uptake slow? Award-wi... Read more
If anyone ever doubted the power of social media – Twitter in particular – as a means of delivering instantaneous news bites, the fraught first few days of Oscar Pistorius’ arrest for murder... Read more
It usually arrives right between the chopped herring and the main course – during that lull when you’re contemplating the merits of a second glass of wine. The discussion shifts from pleasan... Read more
Tonight, Riaan Cruywagen will read the Afrikaans news on SABC2 for the very last time. This day, 37 years ago, the television news veteran started his long career at the SABC. Now, at 67, he... Read more
It is interesting to see that even on the websites of radio and television stations, the written word remains dominant. Even more interesting is to see that on many newspaper web and mobile... Read more
Unions associated with the SABC have come out in strong condemnation of what they believe is the censoring of SABC news reports. The Broadcasting, Electronic, Media and Allied Workers Union... Read more
