Actively ignoring low-quality information online can free up your limited resources of time and attention.
Victims risk emotional and reputational damage, but there are laws in place to protect them
Meaningful freedom needs rules to curb abuses because no freedom — whether of speech or action — is limitless
Sound that has taken the world by storm is in danger of dying out in
a lacklustre industry
The popular messenger mobile app introduced additional changes that give group admins more control, but also exposes them to more liability
Posting intimate details of our of our personal and professional online gives cybercriminals valuable information
Traditional African cultural practices that were once private are being milked by content creators and twisted into mass entertainment
The media industry must scrutinise the source of information and every news story and opinion piece we run, to prevent us and our readers from becoming collateral damage in the factional wars in the governing party
When women are condemned for speaking out against abuse by men, other victims won’t name their abusers, fearing the same treatment
People can be judged, found guilty and punished for posts they made years before and in a specific context
Apply physical security measures in cyberspace; if you won’t open your door to a stranger, why accept offers and requests from strangers online?
These elections are a warning of how history can be washed over and and used to promote modern dynasties
‘We will not amplify o government accounts belonging to states that limit access to free information and are engaged in armed interstate conflict,’ the social network said
Facebook’s micro-targeting algorithms have been used to spread disinformation and sow distrust in democratic institutions around the world. It has a responsibility to act
Jeremy Vearey encouraged a ‘mini insurrection’ with his Facebook posts, arbitration hearing finds
Through Umhlobo Wenene’s ‘Imiphanga’, writer Lidudumalingani remembers his mother connecting with the pain of others
Imraan Coovadia’s new book examines how poison has shaped political affairs in Southern Africa
In the face of their families’ poverty, young men, persuaded by the prospect of wealth or education, travel to Europe with their older female sponsors only to be trafficked for sex
If you don’t know of them already, be sure to follow our selection of some of South Africa’s top LGBTIQ+ content creators, from Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane to Thando Hlophe
Opposition leaders hit out at ANC over social media fracas, saying residents of Enoch Mgijima municipality deserve better
Inspired by a school project, 17-year-old Sera Farista has taken a stand against climate change
The arbitration hearing in which former cop Jeremy Vearey was challenging his dismissal concluded its proceedings on Monday 13 September
Writing about sex has come a long way from the advice dished out by the local ‘married Aunty’. At times, Tiffany Mugo has felt like she’s faking it
The fired cop’s arbitration hearing was postponed to next month just as police put forward video material
Paediatrician Alastair McApline says that the reasoning Angelo Ryan uses to justify this position in an M&G opinion piece is ‘specious and flawed’
Vaccines save lives. But why don’t we want to hear why people do not want to get the Covid-19 vaccine? It is important we get the right messaging across for us to achieve herd immunity.
Covid-19 has forced newsrooms to find new business models, but the public has turned to the news more in the last year
Players and journalists are necessarily intertwined, but there have to be more considerate and respectful ways to bring the game to spectators
Governments’ interruption of social media is censorship is a way to control the flow of information online and amounts to censorship
The government’s sudden ban of Twitter could jeopardise one of the country’s most promising industries
The popular televangelist, who recently died, preached a prosperity gospel that promised followers health and wealth if they had faith – and gave money to the church
The Democratic Alliance is a cue for Twitter fury, but this diminishes intelligent political debate