The retail sector in Europe outstrips other sectors with regard to the highest rate of paper wastage. A quarter of all pages in the workplace are printed for nothing, according to research conducted by Ipsos, on behalf of Lexmark. The survey, conducted between February and March this year, interviewed 2 837 office workers across Europe.
An internet-based survey conducted by South Africa’s Triangle Project in April has revealed that most of the respondents felt that the mass media contribute to prejudice against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. You and Huisgenoot magazines were named as the most prejudiced towards the gay community.
National police chief Jackie Selebi won’t be engaging in any debate surrounding his call for the demise of the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD), said police spokesperson, Director Sally de Beer on Friday. Business Day newspaper on Thursday reported Selebi as saying the directorate had ”outlived its usefulness” and could be dissolved, leaving the police to police themselves.
Fienie Grobler, the new editor of <i>The Media</i> magazine, speaks to the <i>Mail & Guardian Online</i> about media reporting.
Several South African municipalities are looking at offering telecommunications services as a service to residents or have already begun to do so, says Dr Andrew Hutchison, T-Systems South Africa’s business manager for telecommunications. This trend has immense potential to help the country bridge its digital gaps.
The Tour d’Afrique, the world’s toughest cycling race, which stretches from Cairo to Cape Town and covers 10 African countries over a distance of 12 000km, crossed the official finish line on Saturday in Cape Town. Sixty-three intrepid cyclists representing 12 countries rode into the V&A Waterfront after a gruelling 96 days of cycling.
An ammonia leak at a Vito ice-cream factory in Crawford resulted in more than 210 factory workers and schoolchildren being rushed to hospitals in Cape Town on Wednesday morning. Children from two primary schools in the area suffered discomfort to the eyes and experienced difficulty breathing, said principal Abubakr Jardine, from the Belthorn Primary School.
City Press political editor Jimmy Seepe has died, South African Broadcasting Corporation radio news reported on Tuesday. Seepe died in the Tshepo-Themba Clinic in Dobsonville, Soweto, where he had been in a coma since collapsing at his home in Pimville last month.
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The National Prosecuting Authority has expressed disappointment at Jacob Zuma’s acquittal on a charge of rape, while the Democratic Alliance said Zuma has emerged with his credibility as a leader severely damaged. Other parties have also called for a reform of rape laws.
The South African National Editors’ Forum announced the launch of its ”Media Freedom Is Your Freedom” campaign on Wednesday, World Press Freedom Day, with an advertising drive subtitled ”What you can’t see, can hurt you.” It said the campaign is geared to highlight the value of a free media in South Africa.