Fair and balanced public discourse is encouraged by the commission, rather than newspapers publishing anonymous allegations that malign a commissioner
The report found that interest in politics had also dwindled among the country’s news readers
Legacy publications struggle in the digital age and they need investment, not cutting skilled staff
A new book of images and essays about the Afrophobic violence in South Africa attempts to take the narrative forward
The official opposition’s leader John Steenhuisen has called its mission to slash the ANC voter share unrealistic during a parliamentary meeting, as the party deals with financial challenges
and a fresh round of staff retrenchments
With half of all journalism jobs gone in South Africa, one union is trying to halt the decline
The news media was a counterweight to a criminal enterprise that had captured the state
Herbert Mabuza, Zuluboy Molefe and Raymond Louw passed away within days of each other
In 2011, the paper ran a front page story titled "Shoot to Kill" which was authored by Stephan Hoffstatter, Mzilikazi wa Africa and Rob Rose
This is a time when serious journalism is required, ensuring that voters are kept informed
Iqbal Survé’s business success has bought him the ultimate luxury: his own version of reality
The messaging app announced an update to limit the number of times a user can forward a message after the network had been used to spread falsities
Part IV: Journalists helped pull SA back from a precipice by exposing the depth of state capture. But they are staring into an abyss of their own
Part 1: Journalists helped pull SA back from a precipice by exposing the depth of state capture. But they are now staring into an abyss of their own
The EFF’s Floyd Shivambu and Mbuyiseni Ndlozi mocked the DA’s John Steenhuisen after a media report revealed his highest qualification is matric
Its credibility is at stake and an open, all-encompassing approach needs to be taken
Since Tom’s ‘decommissioning’ things at the revenue service are looking up
Trustworthy information is a vital part of a healthy democracy
A zillion emails await me – and a pile of newspapers, which is where I spot a chance to win the journo prize
A former Hawks spokesperson claims he alerted the Sunday Times to the fact that it was being used
The Business Day newspaper is reporting that the finance minister has approached the Presidency to be relieved of his duties
A key name in this saga has been that of the former
head of Sars’ criminal investigations, Rudolf Mastenbroek. He gives his side of the story
‘The lesson for every journalist is consistently to introspect on how we deal with sources and manage our own political leanings’
The ruling party has rejected the newspaper’s allegations of secret meeting plans to oust President Cyril Ramaphosa
Our photographic heritage is being stolen by pirates peddling ‘pictures of pictures’
Sunday Times editor Bongani Siqoko said on Wednesday that Joubert’s employment was terminated on January 19.
Jan-Jan Joubert and Thabo Mokone reported that the DA had thrown a veil of secrecy over the resignation of its policy chief and head of media
Jan-Jan Joubert was sacked for gross misconduct related to sharing confidential information from the EFF with the DA
‘We are riddled with contradictions and must strive to capture the complexity of South Africa and its people better’
What stood out at the Johannesburg launch of Jacques Pauw’s ‘The President’s Keepers’ was how incredibly white the audience at the book launch was.
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa has requested that the public protector add further costs for non-security features built at Nkandla.
No paper, the writer argues, has kept the ruling party on its toes as the M&G has done.