Tokyo Sexwale’s Mvelaphanda empire has shrunk to a single investment, fuelling belief that his campaign to be president is about to begin in earnest.
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/ 10 February 2012
The taxpayer is picking up the tab for suspended police chief Bheki Cele’s defamation case as "a matter of principle".
Several top SA papers, including the <i>Sunday Times</i> may be banned from Zimbabwe, along with the UK’s The <i>Zimbabwean</i>.
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/ 22 September 2011
Prakash Desai has exercised R3.69-million worth of rolled-over share-based incentives granted in 2003 and 2004 by Johnnic Communications Limited.
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/ 20 September 2011
Avusa’s chairperson and two directors have quit after alleged interference from shareholders, and the company’s chief executive will soon follow.
The <i>Sunday Times</i> has come in for criticism on Monday for publishing an outdated front-page story and image of a "Facebook racist".
The <em>Times</em> has overtaken the <em>Star</em> in terms of newspaper circulation, according to Audit Bureau of Circulations figures.
Competition regulators are gearing up to investigate allegations of collusion in the newspaper printing industry.
Eric Miyeni’s controversial column in the <i>Sowetan</i> attacking <i>City Press</i> editor Ferial Haffajee sparked a domino effect.
Axed <i>Sowetan</i> columnist Eric Miyeni is considering taking legal action against the paper for sacking him over his column about Ferial Haffajee.
Online recruitment unit CareerJunction said on Wednesday that its online labour supply and demand index continued to drop in February.
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/ 28 February 2011
The weekly Kuli Roberts column in <em>Sunday World</em> will be discontinued with immediate effect, the newspaper’s editor said on Monday.
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/ 18 February 2011
The DA’s blacklisting of <i>Sowetan</i> parliamentary correspondent Anna Majavu has led to divisions in the party, insiders say.
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/ 2 December 2010
There’s renewed focus on newspaper ownership by the ANC, even as they’re becoming less hardline about the Media Appeals Tribunal and the Secrecy Bill.
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/ 3 November 2010
Media group Avusa has issued notices of retrenchment to at least 11 journalists, including some editors, of the <i>Sowetan</i> newspaper.
Government plans to centralise media buying reveal an attempt to channel advertising to "patriotic" media, insiders say.
<em>Sunday Times</em> journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika made a brief appearance in a Nelspruit court on Friday and was released on R5 000 bail.
</i>Sunday Times</i> journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika will be released from detention ahead of his bail application in the court on Friday morning.
The case against <em>Sunday Times</em> journalist Mzilikazi Wa Afrika will go ahead, Hawks spokesperson Musa Zondi said on Thursday.
Avusa posted a 38% drop in full-year earnings on Thursday, slightly better than expected, and its shares surged after it hiked its dividend.
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/ 20 November 2009
SA media company Avusa posted a 60% fall in first-half profit and forecast a tough second half as the recession hit advertising revenue.
Media firm Avusa posted a 29% rise in full-year headline earnings per share and said it was confident it would deliver satisfactory profit this year.
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/ 15 October 2008
Media and entertainment group Avusa disclosed on Wednesday that it has sold its Nigerian and Kenyan interests for almost ,8-million.
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/ 18 September 2008
The contrasting events of last week highlight both the romanticism of citizen journalism and the fragile character of the phenomenon.
Avusa CEO Prakash Desai has been elected president of Print Media South Africa, the body representing newspaper and magazine publishers.
Public hearings on the Protection of Information Bill leave M&G journalists sceptical about the ‘protection’ the South African public needs.
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/ 25 February 2008
Firmer world markets helped keep the JSE in the black by midday on Monday, offsetting losses in the gold-mining index that were sparked by negative news from Gold Fields. Gold Fields’s share price weakened R2,81, or 2,43%, to R112,75 after it earlier reported that the current electricity crisis puts 6 900 Gold Fields jobs at risk.
South African media group Johnnic Communications (Johncom) on Tuesday announced a proposed change of name to Avusa, subject to shareholder and regulatory approval. Johncom said the name change to Avusa was relevant because of the ongoing confusion between the company and Johnnic Holdings.