Defunct The Times newspaper lost R1.6bn in 10 years. How now Gupta, Surve’ Media?
Now we know the truth about The Times, one shudders to think what losses are at Gupta, sorry Jimmy Media’s much lower circulation The New Age.
The Times
Ed Herbst: Shining a light on that most vile of creatures, the dirty journalist
Ed Herbst says the newspaper world in South Africa was rocked on 1 November when New Age editor Moegsien Williams issued what amounted to a press release punting his employers, the Guptas.
The Qwabe paradox – university he leaves now World #1; one he joins falls sharply
The irony would be lost on Ntokozo Qwabe, the 25 year old Rhodes scholar famous for biting the long-dead hand of his benefactor, making waitresses cry and, now, leading the chaos at UCT.
Pennington: SABC’s Animal Farm – drops ‘The Editors’ – as press freedom slides
Steuart Pennington dusts off George Orwell’s Animal Farm but given South Africa’s slow slide down the global Press Freedom ranks, should we all be concerned?
How the world sees us: The Times – “Zuma is enemy of blacks and whites”
Jenni Russell pens a scathing attack on the current state of South Africa headlined “Zuma is enemy of blacks and whites” where she shares first-hand experiences, concluding that she fears for the country’s future.
Amakhosi take ABSA Championship – with three games to spareÂ
KAIZER Chiefs are the 2014-15 Absa Premiership champions‚ wrapping up the title in style with three games remaining as they cruised past Polokwane City.
SA red-faced from latest spy data leak
A mass leak of South African espionage secrets will cause many foreign agencies to think twice before sharing information with Pretoria, hampering its efforts to walk a delicate diplomatic tightrope between East and West.
Steve Hofmeyr tweets up a storm after losing to Chester Missing in court
Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyr tweeted on Thursday that the setting aside of an interim protection order against puppeteer Conrad Koch in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court signalled the end of freedom of expression.
Zuma admission may be first step to recovery of SA’s battered reputation
Rational Perspective suggests the spirited outburst by Remgro chairman Johann Rupert and a scathing editorial in the Times of London may have a bright side.
NY Mayor Bloomberg returning to head his data, news company
Sept 3 (Reuters) – Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will return as head of Bloomberg LP, the data and financial news company he founded in 1981, replacing Daniel Doctoroff who has decided to step aside, the company said on Wednesday. The privately held company, in which Bloomberg is the majority shareholder, said Doctoroff would … Read more