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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.
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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
The SABC is not the only public broadcaster marred by internal wrangling. Its British counterpart the BBC grapples with its own problems, writes Herman Wasserman.
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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
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
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
Significant changes are currently taking place on the ground in Darfur. The peacekeeping forces of the African Union (AU) are being replaced by a hybrid AU-UN force under overall UN control. The assumption is that the change will be for the better, but this is questionable. The balance between the military and political dimensions of peacekeeping is crucial.
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/ 16 October 2007
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has announced five new pay-TV channels – e.SAT, MultiChoice Africa, On Digital Media (ODM), Telkom Media and Walking on Water. The Media will speak to each of these players before they take to air. In the first instalment, ODM director Vino Govender talks about the new channel’s plans to cash in on an untapped market.
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/ 15 October 2007
In a chapter of his autobiography, Blame Me On History, Bloke Modisane explains black life to his white friends. They can’t understand why he doesn’t use the law to fight obvious injustices. He tells them it is the law that demands he carry a dompas, it is the law that has led to the demolition of his beloved Sophiatown.
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