After two weeks of fierce debate and legal wrangling about the identity and actions of the anonymous blogger who published graphic descriptions of the sex he allegedly had with South African celebrities while working as a male prostitute, the blog has come to a sudden end.
As many consumers of traditional news media, especially in the developed world, have moved to the internet to keep up to date, so another exodus has started: from the web to other digital media, especially cellphones. This was the message at a precursor on Sunday to the World Editors Forum and World Newspaper Congress running until June 6.
Following two weeks of debate and legal wrangling about the identity and actions of an anonymous blogger publishing graphic descriptions of the sex he allegedly had with South African celebrities while working as a male prostitute, the blog has come to a sudden end.
A new blog that purports to be written by a former male prostitute in South Africa has become the focus of a criminal investigation into claims of defamation. The blog, hosted on an international blogging platform and active since April this year, contains descriptions of the alleged sexual behaviour of prominent South Africans.
Cellphone instant-messaging service MXit has expressed concern about Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille’s call this week for legislation to regulate blogging and MXit, describing it as "at its essence, a call for censorship". However, De Lille maintains she has been misunderstood.
Cellphone instant-messaging service MXit has expressed concern about Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille’s call this week for legislation to regulate blogging and MXit, describing it as "at its essence, a call for censorship". However, De Lille maintains she has been misunderstood.
Independent Democrats (ID) leader Patricia de Lille has hit out at cellphone instant-messaging service MXit as well as South Africa’s blogging community, calling for greater controls and regulation by the government. Bloggers have reacted angrily to her comments, but De Lille says she has been misunderstood.
For the first time in history, a photographer took home the top prize at the yearly SAB Sports Journalist of the Year Awards, which were held at the Wanderers Club in Johannesburg on Thursday night. Veteran photographer Etienne Rothbart from the <i>Star</i> was named sports journalist of the year in the print and internet category.
Name and shame them, says <i>Sunday Times</i> writer David Bullard of the more nefarious and less intelligent citizens of the ever-expanding blogosphere — "the sort of wackos who gun down their fellow students at university". Now an incensed blogging community is baying for his blood in what has been dubbed "Bullardgate".
Women, especially black women, are still largely absent from the higher ranks of South Africa’s media organisations — and they earn considerably less than their male colleagues do. These are the findings of a new study by the South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) that was released on Thursday, World Press Freedom Day.