Former Sunday Times editor Ken Owen died on March 19. The following is the speech he gave last month on his 80th birthday, February 21.
The DA says it wants to cancel Western Cape’s subscriptions because the reporting is poor, but others see this move as an attack on press freedom.
Mzilikazi wa Afrika has valiantly exposed political skullduggery with his brave investigative reporting.
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/ 12 December 2014
The ANC denies allegations in the Mail & Guardian this week that the party plans to cut advertising to three newspapers as ‘punishment’.
The press ombud has ordered the Sunday Times to apologise to Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan for an inaccurate report.
A report says the "fake" interpreter was employed by a company owned by the ANC’s religious and traditional affairs desk.
Instead of approaching the courts, Sekunjalo Investments is set to pursue a complaint against the Sunday Times with the press ombud.
Sekunjalo Investments has laid charges against the Sunday Times for a provisional report by the public protector that alleged tender rigging.
Sunday Times editor Phylicia Oppelt has responded to the criticism of a cartoon by Zapiro that has angered Hindus, saying it is not disrespectful.
The Guptas are suing the Mail & Guardian for half a billion rand, claiming defamation in a recent article.
The Press Ombudsman has dismissed three complaints made by Communications Minister Dina Pule against the Sunday Times.
The department of communications has failed in its bid to get the Press Council of South Africa to investigate Sunday Times editor Phylicia Oppelt.
Allegations in the Sunday Times of extravagant spending by Communications Minister Dina Pule will not stick, the department has said.
Communications Minister Dina Pule will not apologise to the Sunday Times, her department has said.
Communications Minister Dina Pule has claimed the Sunday Times and its investigative team have launched a political "smear campaign" against her.
Top prosecutors at the NPA were overwhelmingly in favour of pressing ahead with the corruption case against Jacob Zuma, says a newspaper report.
When Cyril Ramaphosa was deployed to the private sector in the mid-90s, it was sold to him as a decade-long break from politics.
The Law of South Africa dictionary defines defamation as a statement that "has the effect of injuring a plaintiff’s reputation".
Zuma’s legal team will not let him go into the witness box in his face-off against the award-winning cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro in court next week.
Mvela group’s offer to buy media firm has sparked fears of greater political interference, writes Reg Rumney.
Editor Ray Hartley has denied allegations that Sunday Times journalists were paid to divert attention from officers suspected of corruption.
Even before the financial crisis and the Occupy movement, the Sunday Times Rich List was an odd fixture in the British media landscape.
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/ 6 September 2011
If Avusa’s woes teach us anything, it’s that readers are more stringent than a watchdog could ever be, says <b>Verashni Pillay</b>.
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/ 4 September 2011
The boy in a Facebook picture lying apparently lifeless while a white man stands over his body with a rifle is alive, the <i>City Press</i> says.
Ray Hartley’s explanation about the <i>Sunday Times</i>’s controversial front page has left users on local social networks as skeptical as ever.
The <i>Sunday Times</i> has come in for criticism on Monday for publishing an outdated front-page story and image of a "Facebook racist".
The <em>Times</em> has overtaken the <em>Star</em> in terms of newspaper circulation, according to Audit Bureau of Circulations figures.
Journalists Mzilikazi wa Africa and Stephan Hofstatter are being intimidated, the <i>Sunday Times</i> reported.
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/ 2 November 2010
The <i>Sunday Times</i>, South Africa’s biggest weekend paper, will be introducing a Zulu edition, it was reported on Tuesday.
Mzilikazi wa Afrika made headlines as the journalist arrested by police. We take a look at his career thus far.
<em>Sunday Times</em> journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika made a brief appearance in a Nelspruit court on Friday and was released on R5 000 bail.
The prosecutor in the case against <i>Sunday Times</i> journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika on Thursday said there was no case against him.