Former South African president Zuma is trying to turn the contestation of a court hearing into an all-out war and chill those who pursue justice against him.
- Caxton Professor of Journalism, University of the Witwatersrand
Using state resources to sue media for spreading fake news is not the answer, and sets a bad precedent.
Media self-criticism is not just important to improve journalism, it is a political, professional and moral imperative.
Raymond Louw will be remembered as a man of unbending principle.
A new book celebrates the long and rich history of investigative reporting in southern Africa, and highlights some hidden and forgotten gems.
South African investigative journalists and civil society played a crucial role in bringing a country in the clutches of patronage networks back from the brink.
The only reason journalists will mourn the demise of TV news station ANN7 will be the loss of jobs.
South Africa’s perilous decline under Jacob Zuma’s presidency is set out in two non-fiction books that provide unsettling, but essential reading.
The sale of the Financial Times marks the end of 60 years of benign custodianship, which has allowed the pink paper to be one of the more successful in dealing with the challenges of the internet.
The murder trial of Oscar Pistorius is changing South Africa’s media ecology. It is the country’s first criminal trial to be covered fully on social media and live television, and both journalists and…
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