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STATE OF THE NEWSROOM REPORT

South Africa takes second place in global news trust rankings

According to the report, news published by South African media outlets was trusted by 61% of the population, an increase from 49% in 2019

  • Bongeka Gumede
3 min read
Shitting pretty: Day 455 into lockdown, and people who stocked up on toilet paper in March last year showed more savvy than the rest of us gave them credit for at the time. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
CORONAVIRUS

Missing: 10 babies, 1 iPad, and my jab

The decuplets were a fiction, and Ramaphosa’s iPad wasn’t stolen after all. Paddy Harper’s vaccine, however, is still MIA, but he’s feeling hopeful he’ll get one soon

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Schrödinger’s babies: The 10 babies appear to be a con; a bunch of lies foisted on us by the intersection of an overactive imagination and a lack of basic journalism. Photo: Artur Widak/NurPhoto/Getty Images
16 JUNE

Decuplets miss family meeting

While the nation is seized with the 10 babies soapie, the third wave is upon us and the country has moved to level-three lockdown

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read