Election night is the ending, not the story
Campaigns win elections, not election day. The real story unfolds months before voting through strategy, data and voter outreach. Context ...
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Digital warfare and democracy collide in Africa
AI-powered disinformation is reshaping African politics Narrative control is now a geopolitical weapon “Fake news” laws are increasingly tied to ...
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Online hostility to women in public life is nothing new
A few years ago, I noticed something odd while covering a political story online. A female politician had given a ...
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‘We are slower than the crisis’
At one point during the recent UNESCO conference in Pretoria, a regulator leaned into the microphone and admitted something you ...
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Information warfare, fear and the South African media space
Wherever I speak these days, the same question comes up. It’s never just one person. It’s always several. And it’s ...
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Fear and loathing in Syria
The first thing one notices when approaching the Syrian state TV building is a poster of a young woman draped ...
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