Media award highlights vital role of SA’s diggers and sleuths
The Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Reporting is an annual ray of sunshine in our often foggy journalism world.
Digital broadcasting: are we there yet?
For many years the Ministry and Department of Communications have been mocked for the failure to meet the 2015 international deadline to convert terrestrial broadcasting to digital.
ANC horserace hacks are blind to the real politics of SA
We are entering a new era of questioning our constitution and open democracy
Press has lost the art of sorting the wheat from the chaff
Why do our local news operations offer either no app, or a poor one? Why are our news sites so dull?
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From last Monday, the online videos of all our news outlets became illegal.
Should we lament the loss of Russia Today?
I dislike the Russia Today (RT) television channel, as it is the propaganda tool of a dangerous and corrupt autocrat.
Scepticism the right attitude to war news
“Ukraine is winning the information war”, the Washington Post and CNBC both proclaimed this week, with identical wording.
Regional watchdogs tame draconian Botswana bill
When Botswana’s draft Criminal Amendment and Evidence Bill landed on our desks a few weeks ago, it was alarming.
Lone journalist digs in as National Lottery tries to rubbish his exposés
A five-year war has been raging between the NLC and investigative journalist Ray Joseph.
The snake-oiled social media’s bad faith and big profits
t wasn’t long ago that anyone could sell any “medication” and promise it would cure anything.