Radio Pulpit was the victim of a false campaign last week which claimed that the government was closing the station down. A viral sms, urging the public to sign a petition to keep it on air, was distributed to cell phones, prompting some 200,000 people to react.

Mail & Guardian owner, Zimbabwean-born Trevor Ncube, could lose full ownership and control of his media assets should the Zimbabwe government succeed in its latest attempts to strip him of his citizenship

Over 110 000 Malaysians have been forced to flee their homes as floods worsen in the south and on Borneo island, officials said on Monday as relief workers struggled to feed and shelter victims. Nearly 105 000 people have abandoned their homes in the worst-hit state of Johor, which borders Singapore, and the figure is climbing, officials said.

The government has let the applications for presidential pardons for over 1 000 people imprisoned for what they believe are political “crimes” pile up, arguing that it has no policy on how to address this ”complex” matter. But it is unclear why the government is dragging its feet now when four years ago President Thabo Mbeki justified his release of 33 prisoners.