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/ 16 October 2007
William Gumede and Ronald Suresh Roberts, who have both written books on President Thabo Mbeki, were given the same brief – to explore where the president’s relationship with the media went wrong. Here are their different takes on the issue. Their articles were written independently from each other.
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/ 16 October 2007
Where do you get the best journalism training in South Africa? Matebello Motloung speaks to editors and other media players to find out which training institutions rank highly in their books.
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/ 16 October 2007
Nazeer Suliman says a new product to educate the public about the different religions in South Africa need not be marketed across the local spiritual media. This is the latest edition of our Planner’s Perspective series where we send a fictitious brief to a media planner.
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/ 16 October 2007
Ferial Haffajee says it comes at no surprise that President Thabo Mbeki is ending his term railing at the media.
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/ 16 October 2007
Fred Khumalo has proudly evolved from dinosaur to blogger. He shares some insights into the blogosphere that he discovered at the recent Highway Africa conference at Rhodes University.
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/ 16 October 2007
Harry Herber wonders if spam mail is a new, more effective and cheaper medium never seen before in the history of advertising.
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/ 16 October 2007
While journalism schools each offer something different, they also have one thing in common – their failure to recognise and encourage students who are not interested in covering wars and political scandals, writes Matebello Motloung.
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/ 16 October 2007
Advocate Anton Alberts, an entertainment and media law specialist, looks into more detail at the court ruling against the <i>Sunday Times</i> following its recent coverage of Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s medical history.
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/ 16 October 2007
Conservation experts are to reverse five centuries of British history and deliberately allow rising sea levels to flood a huge stretch of reclaimed Essex coastline. In the most ambitious and expensive project of its type, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) intends to puncture sea defences around Wallasea island, near Southend in southern England.
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/ 16 October 2007
It might seem the epitome of a David versus Goliath mismatch — up to 12 tonnes of heavily armoured mammal flesh versus a few hundred milligrams of irritating insect — but despite their thick skins and size advantage, elephants turn tail and flee at the sound of a swarm of bees, according to research in Kenya.