Fienie Grobler
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/ 30 May 2007

Zulu remains king

Does KwaZulu-Natal get enough credit for its groundbreaking work in launching Zulu media? Not only are these publications financially successful but they also create new newspaper readers. Fienie Grobler suggests that the rest of the country can take a leaf from the KZN booklet.

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/ 24 April 2007

Finally, the media gets angry about crime

An informal study by <i>The Media</i> shows that newspapers carried more than triple the number of crime stories in January and February this year compared to the same period last year. An unspoken agreement between editors seemed to have resulted in a joint effort by all media to heighten debate. Fienie Grobler asks whether the peak in crime coverage has spurred the government into action.

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/ 23 April 2007

Battle of the Soaps

The end of M-Net’s open time window marks the start of a new ball game for local television. It finally levels the playing field in subscription broadcasting while the free-to-air channels are certain to score some viewers. But M-Net is determined to lure the eyeballs back onto its screens. Fienie Grobler reports.