Can we trust media to look after itself?

The media has been canvassing for relaxation of regulations with regards to what it can publish and what it cannot publish. Thus far a number of these laws have been relaxed compared to apartheid era. However a lot still needs to be done by media or South African Broadcasting Complaints Commission as well as Advertising [...]

An experience that no human being or animal should be subjected to…

A while ago (2 May 2009) I read an article published on Vukani community newspaper (in Cape Town). It had a story on one of health system’s failures; however I still can’t get over the poor women’s bad experience with the Govt. hospital she went to for assistance and her irreplaceable loss.
The story goes like [...]

Race is still the issue (will South Africans’ vote depend on it?)

In 1994 when African National Congerss (ANC) campaigned for power and a number of promises were made to All South Africans amongst them a better life for all. 15 years later the same promises are still being made by the same organisation. On the other hand DA took less than 4 years to deliver services [...]

Journalism opportunity for Grade 12s

Historically
[Sipho January, with Grade 12s from Grahamstown during a recent workshop in Grahamstown]. 
disadvantaged learners from schools around the Eastern Cape will be talking journalism these coming few weeks in a series of workshops organised by Sipho January, Schools Media Outreach Project Manager at Rhodes  University’s School of Journalism and Media Studies. January, explains that the [...]