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Reg Rumney
Reg Rumney is a research associate in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University where he founded the South African Reserve Bank Centre for Economics Journalism. He is a writer and teacher of economics journalism, corporate social responsibility and media management, and a former business editor of the Mail & Guardian.
Funding is a thorny issue for independent media
With changing business models, critical, independent news media need to balance a multiplicity of revenue sources with finding and keeping audiences
The loss reported by the SABC goes to the heart of the mandate problems of state-owned companies
Does the SABC prioritise profit or purpose?
Nguni project goes from strength to strength
A project in North West is reintroducing an indigenous breed of cattle to the rural farming areas.
Looking back to where it started
The founder of the M&G Investing in the Future Awards, reports on how they have kept pace with the changes in corporate social responsibility.
Shake-up for newspaper groups
Mvela group’s offer to buy media firm has sparked fears of greater political interference, writes Reg Rumney.
The writing is on the wall
Media companies make headlines with their poor scores in BEE ownership, writes <b>Reg Rumney</b>
BBBEE code versus sector charters
Ownership targets still trump other aspects of transformation, which could remove the advantages for small business.
Transformation in an age of compliance
It was unfortunate that BEE was seen as a matter of compliance rather than as a strategic issue, and the compliance mindset needs to change.
Ironies in Bafokeng platinum mine
There’s merit in Angloplat’s role in blocking the sale to Impala.
The chink in the media’s armour
The government’s resentment is not only about ownership but also about control, whatever that means.
Many numbers, little clarity in JSE debate
Defining black ownership is a complex business, as the JSE’s contradictory figures have shown.
My stomach turns, cool head or not
Arcelor deals might be legal and even in line with ‘old-fashioned’ BEE practices, so why the fuss?
Low-key reaction to MTN BEE deal
The formerly disadvantaged will be able to pick up shares at an 80% discount.
The BEE in Telkom’s bonnet
The company illustrates the poor record of parastatals in black economic empowerment at the ownership level.
Adcock’s BEE deal
The company’s black workers and trusts are the beneficiaries in a vendor-financed scheme that sees them getting a 25% share of the company.