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Soil and trials: South Africans embroiled in US farm worker visa debate
The Mississippi court case is unique; usually the grievances are against Mexicans accused of taking work from Americans
Koeberg plot, FBI rot
Two unrelated tales of citizen activism are a salient reminder that ordinary people can do extraordinary things
What is this place?: The visual simulacrum of South Africa in the Covid-19 lockdown
Why is the visual depiction of this country in centre-left international online news publications so unrecognisable?
Reading List: Dionne Searcey
The author and journalist shares a reading list from her time as The New York Times bureau chief for West Africa
Traditional media: A block against deadly pathogens and people
Several polls since the start of the pandemic show a majority of people checking the news several times a day and turning to trusted news sources and state broadcasters rather…
February 11 1990: Mandela’s media conquest
Nelson Mandela’s release from prison was also South Africa’s first ‘media event’. And, despite the NP’s, and the SABC’s, attempt to control the narrative, the force of Madiba’s…
Visitors from outer space – or military aircraft made on Earth ?
Are China or Russia ahead of the US in aerial technology or are intergalactic visitors trying to make friends with us?
Australian media challenge ‘unprecedented’ contempt charges over Pell reporting
Twenty-three journalists and 13 media companies face fines and prison terms for allegedly breaching a gag order
Saudis don’t know where Khashoggi’s body is: official
The dissident journalist was dismembered after his murder October 2 in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul but his remains have yet to be found
BuzzFeed story, video prompt media soul-searching, Trump attacks
Two events have been latched upon by US president Donald Trump to bolster his long-standing grievance that the press is biased against him
Selling Africa’s good news stories
Low pay and precarious work conditions for most African journalists lead many to seek work with Western news outlets
US newspapers hit back at Trump, defend free press
The coordinated effort comes amid Trump’s persistent claims that media outlets that publish articles critical of him are churning out ‘fake news’
This is why ‘Catbook’ won’t work
‘Why people allow Facebook to make up their minds for them is beyond me and that might be the real question here’
Trump slams anti-breastfeeding claims
The US president hit back at The New York Times for publishing ‘fake news’
US Open to revamp seedings for pregnancy absences — report
The WTA Tour does not have protected seedings for players who return from absences