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/ 19 December 2007

ANC gets down to brass tacks

The African National Congress’s 52nd national conference got down on Wednesday to the nitty-gritty work of the commission that discusses the party’s policies in an atmosphere that one delegate described as the ”cessation of hostilities” over its new president Jacob Zuma.

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/ 4 November 2007

Mbeki’s men bid R7-billion to buy Johncom

President Thabo Mbeki’s political adviser and a government official are among a group who want to take over Johnnic Communications (Johncom). Koni Media Holdings, a company belonging to Mbeki’s adviser Titus Mafolo, Foreign Affairs Department spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa, former chief of state protocol Billy Modise and a businessman, have launched a R7-billion bid.

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/ 19 September 2007

Call to stop ‘meaningless journalism’

"Let’s stop meaningless journalism." That was the cry from new South African press ombudsman Joe Nong Thloloe at a forum, themed Leading Conversations, held on Tuesday. Thloloe, a former South African Broadcasting Corporation and e.tv news editor-in-chief, was appointed to the position at the launch of the new Press Council of South Africa on Friday August 3.

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/ 12 September 2007

Bridge-building task for SABC’s new board

There is background to why Dali Mpofu, supremo at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), announced last week that the broadcaster was severing ties with the South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef). On the SABC side, the broadcaster’s leadership sees itself as a ”responsible” player in nation-building and promoting the ”national interest”.

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/ 7 September 2007

Enemies of the people?

COUNTERPOINT: Are black editors savages incapable of comprehending the intricacies of ”foreign” values such as press freedom? Thabo Leshilo reacts to Dali Mpofu’s withdrawal of the South African Broadcasting Corporation from the South African National Editors’ Forum.