Mail & Guardian
Mail & Guardian
independent medialatest news & developments
Sanef, veteran journalists and political leaders have paid tribute to Baldwin Ndaba, remembering the veteran reporter as a fearless accountability journalist, mentor and beloved newsroom presence whose work left a lasting mark on South African journalism

Baldwin Ndaba remembered as ‘a newspaper man’s reporter’

Sanef, veteran journalists and political leaders have paid tribute to Baldwin Ndaba, remembering the veteran reporter as a fearless accountability journalist, mentor and beloved…

A collection of South African newspapers. (File photo)

Press council expels Independent Media for not complying with rulings

The newspaper group, which includes Independent Media, IOL and African Community Media, refused to retract an article about one journalist and apologise to another

With changing business models, critical, independent news media need to balance a multiplicity of revenue sources with finding and keeping audiences.(Oupa Nkosi)

Funding is a thorny issue for independent media

With changing business models, critical, independent news media need to balance a multiplicity of revenue sources with finding and keeping audiences

Africa’s last absolute monarchy is experiencing its worst unrest in years

Q&A: What’s driving the protests in Eswatini?

Africa’s last absolute monarchy is experiencing its worst unrest in years

Journalists throughout Southern and East Africa are harassed, detained mostly through the use of criminal law. Photo: File

World Press Freedom Day: When journalism is threatened, democracy is at stake

Governments, philanthropists, Big Tech, readers and media houses themselves must work together to ensure the sustainability of the media ecosystem

Ron Derby appointed M&G editor-in-chief

Ron Derby has published with some of South Africa’s most prominent print publications, including Business Day, Business Times, Sunday Times, Moneyweb and Financial Mail.

(John McCann/M&G)

Khaya Sithole: Trump’s mantra of ‘fake news’ harmed media

Viewers and readers need to trust that news outlets are accurate, balanced, fair and impartial

Iqbal Survé’s Sekunjalo Investment Holdings denies it owes the PIC more than R1-billion it used to acquire the media group. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Sekunjalo: The PIC is on a drive to embarrass Dr Survé

Iqbal Survé’s Sekunjalo Investment Holdings denies it owes the PIC more than R1-billion it used to acquire the media group

Will Independent sink with Survé?

About 1 500 media workers may lose their jobs if Iqbal Survé cannot service his companies’ debts

Media mogul Iqbal Survé. (Lerato Maduna/Gallo)

Survé keeping Independent Media afloat, PIC inquiry hears

The controversial businessperson was being cross-examined at the PIC commission of inquiry

Survé told the commission that this was the fault of media competitors who sabotaged the listing of Sagarmatha Technologies and “blatantly put negative propaganda in the public space”. (Lerato Maduna/Gallo)

Media professionals respond to ‘Stratcom’ allegations

Media professionals have come out defending themselves on allegations labelling them "Stratcom" agents

(Gallo Images)

28 media companies in the dock for cartel conduct

Dstv, Media 24, Mail and Guardian, SABC, Primedia among those fingered