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/ 20 October 2003
Governmental information services in Africa are still largely based on an elitist system inherited from the colonial past. Tawana Kupe discusses the concerns, and looks at South Africa in the continental context.
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/ 20 October 2003
Greg Stewart, general manager of sales at the Citizen, disputes the supremacy of circulation figures when comparing newspaper brands. What does AMPS hold over ABCs?
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/ 20 October 2003
Countless media brands run competitions to bolster audience figures and strengthen the offering to advertisers. As Karen Willenberg of RWR cautions, such strategies have recently come under the ambit of legislation.
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/ 20 October 2003
Joel Netshitenzhe, CEO of the Government Communication and Information System and Head of the Policy Unit in The Presidency, is one of the most influential figures in South Africa’s leadership structure. What are his views on the relationship between government and the media two years after the tensions of the Cabinet-SANEF Indaba at Sun City? How does he see the media fulfilling its role in the broad vision for national development?
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/ 20 October 2003
Alec Hogg, founder and chairman of Moneyweb, has taken his singular brand of hard-hitting business interview across four mediums and onto the JSE. Kevin Bloom looks for the story that got him there.
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/ 20 October 2003
Harry Herber’s hankering for the past is driving him mad. Where has quality, loyalty, professionalism and passion gone?
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/ 20 October 2003
The Jayson Blair saga has heaped untold ignominy on the New York Times, one of the world’s most venerated newspapers. Tim Spira argues that the fall has less to do with affirmative action than one man’s dishonesty.
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/ 20 October 2003
Gidon Novick, marketing director of Kulula.com, argues that media placement needs to be decided before the creatives start cooking.
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/ 20 October 2003
South Africa has less than five years to increase its capacity for electricity generation, Xolani Mkhwanazi, National Electricity Regulator (NER) CEO, warned last week. Mkhwanazi’s comments coincided with the release of the NER’s annual report. His call for greater urgency was echoed by a range of industry players.
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/ 20 October 2003
The international media rarely descend on Australia — the last occasion was the 2000 Sydney Olympics — and for some Aboriginal Australians the Rugby World Cup has presented a rare opportunity to highlight the shabby state of indigenous affairs in many parts of the sport-mad nation.