Phillip De Wet's Profile

Phillip de Wet writes about politics, society, economics, weird stuff, and the areas where all of these collide.

Over the past decade and a half, he has also written about telecommunications, sexually transmitted diseases, property development, civil liberties, riot policing, mining, movies, the media, and UFOs, among other topics.

But never about serious sport, which he knows nothing about.

He studied journalism and has never been anything other than a journalist, except for ill-considered stints as a media trainer and  starting up new newspapers, magazines and websites, a suspiciously large percentage of which are no longer in business.

ANC's Mthembu faces the media

It was a war of words between the ANC's Jackson Mthembu and leading editors at the M&G's Critical Thinking Forum. Read the report and watch the video.

A little halaal could have a multiplier effect

Small companies are learning that there are potential rewards in catering for Muslims.

Local paper for local development

Orania is often dismissed for the most obvious reasons -- but maybe its community currency deserves a second look.

Outside the Laager

Under South Africa's old regime the Afrikaans magazine market was fiercely contested territory. Rich, white, homogenous; the coloured community was ignored and it was an advertiser's dream. Naspers built a mighty empire out of serving it, and over the years many others shared in the loot.

MTN to spend R7bn in Nigeria

MTN's share price plunged nearly 10% this week, devaluing the company by more than R7,6-billion, as investors punished the company for sitting on their money. MTN released spectacular annual results as expected late last week, much like the results Telkom released days before.

SABC shortlist down to two - Rapport

The new SABC chief will be either Sentech head Sebiletso Mokone-Matabane or Altron executive Dali Mpofu, Afrikaans Sunday paper Rapport said on the weekend. Without citing any sources, the newspaper said the shortlist of possible replacements for Peter Matlare had been narrowed to those two names and that the SABC board would have to choose between them.
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