Survivor’s window on our humanity – David Gemmel
The Survivor contestants are more cosmopolitan, the South African version showing just how far we’ve come post-apartheid.
The Survivor contestants are more cosmopolitan, the South African version showing just how far we’ve come post-apartheid.
Jane Dutton, whose work for the BBC, CNN, CNBC and Al Jazeera helped popularise the South African accent, is back home after decades abroad.
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.”
So why is Luthuli House/Parliament continually delaying the process to bring in yet another interim SABC board, something that could be concluded within a matter of days?
Die Burger’s Jan Gerber penned an interesting analysis on how the ANC in parliament is dealing with state-owned SABC, and is cautiously optimistic.
Donwald Pressly says Hlaudi Motsoeneng is clearly unfit for the job, but somehow he survives court action and a flagrant display of wastage at the SABC.
Ed Herbst is puzzled by Jackson Mthembu’s suggestion to reporters in parliament that Hlaudi Motsoeneng is not a deployed cadre.
The abuse of staff is systemic in media institutions captured by the ANC, writes Ed Herbst, referring to Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s reign of terror and bias at the SABC.
Ed Herbst wonders if the decision by the parliamentary portfolio committee on communication to initiate an inquiry into the continuing crisis at the SABC is a fruitless exercise.
Ed Herbst says the deliberate expulsion of principled news people by ANC acolytes continues to happen at the SABC and is also taking place at Gupta-owned ANN7.