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latest news & developmentsMail & Guardian defends application for a gag order
The lawsuit is the latest example of business entities trying to bar the media from reporting
Gag order against amaBhungane set aside
It was an abuse of the court process to grant a gagging order to the Moti Group, justice Ronald Sutherland said
Why the Concourt ruling on intra-party disclosures is important
The president has 12 months to redraft the executive ethics code to compel the disclosure of all donations to campaigns for positions within political parties
Business unionism: Numsa risks collapse amid battle of ideas
Some, including Zwelinzima Vavi, say unions risk collapse if they are run like businesses — a critique that Irvin Jim argues is part of a ‘mischievous attack’ on his leadership
Numsa’s Irvin Jim claims media takedown campaign
The metalworkers union leader has alleged that NGOs want to capture the union, using media outlets
No easy fix to SA media money crisis
The closure of the New Frame, which sought to chase quality over clicks, is a cautionary tale of the pitfalls of donor funding
How a telecommunications firm extracted Transnet money for the Guptas
The Zondo commission’s second report deals with the capture of Transnet through the ‘Gupta racketeering enterprise’
‘Steinhoff cannot cherry pick the PwC report for the public’
The retail firm has not established why the contents of the 3 000-page report is privileged, counsel argued. And even if it had, the report’s release is ‘in the public’s interest’
Sars appeals to ConCourt to keep Zuma’s tax secrets
The high court ruled banning the release of tax information was unconstitutional. Sars disagrees, saying is not only wrong but makes an exception of the former president
High court orders release of Zuma’s tax files to media
The court held that sections of the law providing for absolute taxpayer secrecy posed an unconstitutional limitation on the right to information and gave parliament two years to…
Mantashe on ANC integrity commission’s radar
The ANC’s integrity body’s chairperson, George Mashaba, said that the elders would discuss summoning the ANC chair over allegations of corruption
#CR17 fight heads to the Constitutional Court
amaBhungane’s arguments about the disclosure of campaign funding are also expected to be heard
Gamechangers: The morphing landscape of South Africa’s media
Two books on two media outlets, Daily Maverick and Independent newspapers, tell stories of success and failure
Reining in the public protector
As well as its scathing findings on Mkhwebane’s investigation into Ramaphosa, the high court also made important in-principle pronouncements
Top court questions surveillance laws
Justice Chris Jafta says Rica legislation is one of the ‘worst drafted’ laws he has ever seen