PIC rejects anti-media freedom, anti-transformation claims – Sekunjalo matter ‘commercial’
The legal matter between the PIC and Sekunjalo is of a commercial nature and any suggestion to the contrary should be rejected outright.
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Shaping editors in his mould – Raymond Louw, RIP.
Distinguished journalist Raymond Louw, acknowledged in South Africa and abroad as a preeminent fighter for freedom of expression, died in Johannesburg on 5 June.
Cyril Ramaphosa sends condolences on passing of veteran journalist Raymond Louw
President Cyril Ramaphosa has offered his condolences to the family and friends of veteran journalist and editor Raymond Louw. Louw, 91, passed away this morning in a Johannesburg hospital.
Farewell to the RDM’s Sparks, Preece – giants of SA journalism’s Golden Age
Barry D. Wood, who started his career in South Africa, sent us the moving tribute to former Rand Daily Mail editor Allister Sparks.
Ed Herbst: Planet SABC, rainmaker Hlaudi and bankrupting Radio Lotus
Ed Herbst is puzzled by Jackson Mthembu’s suggestion to reporters in parliament that Hlaudi Motsoeneng is not a deployed cadre.
Ed Herbst: #RMF/#FMF and the Constitution
In his threatened violence at UCT, Rhodes Must Fall activist Ntokozo Qwabe treated SA’s Section 17 rights with contempt, writes Ed Herbst.
Pressly: Not just ‘patsy’ SABC – also stand against ‘doctored’ private news
Donwald Pressly says South Africans need to fight both the private and public media houses who threaten the country’s media freedom.
Off the Record: Business Day journalist fights suspension in High Court
Journalist Samuel Mungadze says he was suspended following his investigations into the IDC, Business Day says he broke ‘Off the Record’ protocol.
HCI names acting head of unit after Golding’s departure
Hosken Consolidated Investments has appointed Chief Financial Officer Kevin Govender as the acting chief executive of its Sabido unit, HCI’s CEO said on Thursday, following the high-profile exit of another executive.
Marcel Golding: I’m being railroaded for rejecting political instructions to e.tv
Two days after the shock SENS disclosure that HCI executive chairman Marcel Golding was being ousted, here’s his side of the story. Dirty laundry aplenty.