Is there a big hole in the method the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) uses to audit copy sales? Allan Greenblo, former managing director of BDFM, explains how easy it is for figures to be artificially boosted.
As a former British Prime Minister said, you need to ask a woman when you want something done. She was, of course, a woman. Harry Herber looks at how that statement applies to the local advertising, media and communications industry.
The draft "prohibition of hate speech" bill has Reggie Manyakara arguing that the right to equality wins out against the right to freedom of expression.
There’s more to the possible appointment of Snuki Zikalala as managing director of news and current affairs at the SABC than the private media admit, argues Prof. Tawana Kupe.
East African radio seems to be moving towards true liberalisation, as the examples of Capital FM and Kiss FM show. But, explains George Ogola, the Kenyan, Ugandan and Tanzanian governments are not letting go the reins just yet.
South African women are finally taking their rightful places in front of the camera and behind the mike, but it’s not simply an issue of making the quotas. Benedicta Dube unpacks the darker side of female sex appeal.
Are women’s mag editors unjustly maligned? Nadine Rubin says it’s time for some of the most intelligent women she knows to be set free from their fluffy reputations.
As women of colour become increasingly important media players and consumers, why aren’t we seeing more of them in our glossy women’s magazines? Nechama Brodie reports.
There are two sets of statistics in this issue which, when taken together, suggest a startling disparity between South Africa and the United States in the gender equality stakes. What gives? If the calibre of individuals in the annual "top 10 women in media" feature is anything to go by, South Africa is certainly not short of female flair.
George Monbiot, internationally renowned author, UK <i>Guardian</i> newspaper columnist and recipient of a United Nations Global 500 Award for Outstanding Environmental Achievement will be giving the keynote address at EnviroMedia 2004.