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Covid-19 lockdown: Towards a capsule existence

Article Zinaid Meeran - 17 Apr 2020

How online media during the Coronavirus lockdown foreshadows a permanently encapsulated life

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Our appetite for fake news is a global threat to health

Article Junaid Nabi - 15 Feb 2019

The next battle for global health is likely to be fought on the internet

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Turn to digital to increase communication with young people about HIV

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Nov 2018

Radio, print and TV are great tools, but digital platforms provide information and enables conversations between peers and with experts

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On our lists this week: Schoolboy Q, fashion blogger Dina Tokio and Ja.magazine

Article Arts Desk - 22 Jul 2016

The Lists this week were compiled by Friday editor Milisuthando Bongela, senior arts writer Kwanele Sosibo and contributor Sarah Koopman.

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Moneyweb suing Fin24 for ‘plagiarism’: Standard practice or parasitic?

Article bogdan TagDiv - 9 Sep 2013

In light of Moneyweb taking Fin24 to court for "plagiarism", are sites like Fin24 parasitic, or is Moneyweb failing to keep up with the times?

The future of journalism: feast or fast food?

Article bogdan TagDiv - 3 Jun 2011

If news organisations get their personalisation right they will have something incredibly powerful for advertisers, writes <b>Peter Barron</b>.

Good news for print media … in Latin America

Article Staff Reporter - 10 Mar 2011

The newspaper business, drained of readers and revenue and hounded by online media in much of North America and Europe, is thriving in Latin America.

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Brand South Africa’s statement in response to allegations of corruption

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