Pressly: PIC no plaster for bleeding – Axeman targets Indy/eNCA
If the Cape Times does close, few will probably miss it now that it has become a ruling party rag at best, a propaganda sheet at worst. But it will end 120 years of journalism history.
If the Cape Times does close, few will probably miss it now that it has become a ruling party rag at best, a propaganda sheet at worst. But it will end 120 years of journalism history.
Marcel Golding is fighting attempts to oust him from HCI, the company that controls eTV and Tsogo Sun. The conclusions are obvious. Despite all that lip service to an “independent media”, friends of the Zuma Administration want Golding out.
Things are starting to get really nasty in the court challenge by the Free Market Foundation (FMF) to Section 32 of the Labour Relations Act. This week clothing and textile union SACTWU put the court case firmly onto the agenda in its wage negotiations. It insist employers in the sector distance themselves, in writing, from … Read more
My UNDICTATED column in Business Day this week stirred some very powerful pots. And reminded me that everyone is entitled to change their mind. Especially elephants. And especially about stuff said in, erm, convivial surroundings. Richemont chairman Johann Rupert says my take on his relationship with Naspers’s Koos Bekker is “devoid of any truth”. Bekker … Read more
“Mr Market” was at it again when Ellies released its financial results for the year to end April. A decision by its board to pass the annual dividend was greeted with immediate dismal – the share price getting knocked back 4% in early trading. Those who had the foresight to watch my interview with CEO … Read more