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Joburg’s big stink can lead to headaches and nausea

Sasol has said the levels of sulphur dioxide and hydrogen sulphide were below the limits prescribed by its atmospheric emissions licences

Dead fish found in stream near Sasol’s Secunda plant

Company says ‘no conclusive evidence’ on whether the Secunda operation’s activities and the observed dead fish are related

Victimised: Ian Erasmus says he reported a faulty valve in 2012 and 2015, then to Sasol’s ethics department and finally to the Human Rights Commission

‘It’s absolutely terrifying to be a whistleblower in Sasol’

A criminal investigation into the petrol giant is under way based on Ian Erasmus’s evidence that the company allegedly polluted the Vaal with hazardous chemicals

Sasol seeks life-saving plan

The company plans to raise as much as $2-billion from its investors as it grapples with plunging oil prices and high debt levels

Tokyo Sexwale will buy Johncom stake

Business tycoon Tokyo Sexwale’s Mvelaphanda Group will buy up to 30 percent of Johnnic Communication’s media unit in a R1.4-billion deal, a Sens announcement said on Tuesday.

Icasa announces new pay-TV licence holders

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has announced the winning bidders of the new commercial satellite and cable subscription broadcasting licences.

Three Touchline Media execs resign over scandal

Three senior executives from Touchline Media, a subsidiary of Media24, have allegedly resigned over the circulation inflation saga which has resulted in the suspension of several…

Journalism schools fail to recognise uniqueness

While journalism schools each offer something different, they also have one thing in common – their failure to recognise and encourage students who are not interested in covering…

The best journalism schools in SA

Where do you get the best journalism training in South Africa? Matebello Motloung speaks to editors and other media players to find out which training institutions rank highly in…

Bringing business to the people

SABC economics editor Siki Mgabadeli dreams of a world where business news is accessible to Joe Public and she is determined to make it happen. That is one of the reasons why she…

Editor vs Brand: Who dominates?

Editors are increasingly under pressure to be more than just in charge of editorial content but also to be brand ambassadors for their publications. This may be beneficial in…

Mathatha Tsedu: The distinct African

<i>City Press</i> editor Mathatha Tsedu’s vision of creating a "distinctly African" newspaper is finally paying off. For the first time in four years, it sold more than 200,000…

Drive-time radio gets a shake-up

Several radio stations have given their drive-time shows a shake-up as the national average of time spent listening to radio drops. Matebello Motloung reports.

Levelling the playing field

Every year, the media reports on government and corporate sponsored initiatives such as Take a Girl Child to Work. But don’t we also have a responsibility to look into the…

Plekkie in die Son

The Afrikaans media has in the past demonstrated an uncanny ability to adapt to change while managing to retain a loyal following. Matebello Motloung considers some of the…

Outdoor gets a new player

The outdoor industry is expected make more than R1.5-billion in ad revenue from the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup and BEE businessman Sandile Zungu is not planning on taking a back…

Death of media freedom?

One would think that we would be invited to our funeral planning session, writes Ferial Haffajee. It is no overstatement to say that the Film and Publications Act amendment bill…

In the Absence of Oprah

South African broadcasting entered a new era in 1992 when the country’s first television talk show, The Felicia Mabuza-Suttle Show, premiered on SABC. However, 15 years later,…

Power to (the rest of) Africa

There is a lot that South African media practitioners, and the public in general, can learn from their African counterparts. If only we can get over ourselves, writes Matebello…

ABCs: Custom magazines are king

Custom magazines outshone the other categories in the first Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) figures released for this year. This category showed a massive overall growth of…