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SA needs a speak-out culture and whistleblowers are recognised as patriots
With corruption and fraud endemic in South Africa, whistleblowers have played a pivotal role in bringing wrongdoing to light. Despite their invaluable role to society, in most…
Who needs a media watchdog when you have Twitter?
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>.
Brett Kebble resurrected
Radio journalist Mandy Wiener opens the door to South Africa’s underworld.
Kebble ‘mentored’ Mbalula
Slain mining magnate Brett Kebble was one of Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula’s earliest mentors, coaching him on what to say and how to say it.
Prison exposé wins journalist top award
A television exposé of horrific conditions in South Africa’s prisons has earned Hazel Friedman this year’s prestigious Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award. The national winners…