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To those who watched the obliteration of ethical reporting at Independent Media newspapers, the recent interview with Tiso Blackstar’s new owner will have come as a relief.
This entertaining piece with its literary nuggets and truths about quaint, die-hard habits is worth reading for more than mere enjoyment.
The Mpati Commission into the dealings of the PIC will soon deliver its report to President Cyril Ramaphosa. Metaphorically it contains a rare combination of meteorological phenomena; all circumstantially intense.
The true value of an independent, well-run, cost-effective public broadcaster has never been better illustrated than in Wynand Harmse’s book, “SABC 1936-1995.”
When Iqbal Survé bought Independent Newspapers with the help of the Public Investment Corporation, questions were asked on how independent the newspaper could be with that kind of help.
Like the English schoolboy who picked up the soccer ball and ran, Ed Herbst breaks unquestioned rules, prompting vital debate and perhaps even, an entirely new game.
Former Naspers Chairman Ton Vosloo has donated R3.5m towards an investigative journalism unit positioned within Media24.
Veteran journalist Ed Herbst in this article unpacks the latest revelations involving Independent Media boss, Dr Iqbal Survé.
After many false throws of the prosecutorial net, we have new fisher-folk with solid intent who are hauling in the fatter SABC barracudas.
With an election little more than four months away, the governing African National Congress is panicking, writes Ed Herbst.