Hlaudi Motsoeneng is absolutely the ideal man for the job as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the SABC.
By Chris Moerdyk 24 Jul 2014 05:31
On 10 July 2014, President Jacob Zuma made the proclamation which officially brought into force the Infrastructure Development Act, No 23 of 2014.
By Samantha Brener 16 Jul 2014 07:53
More skeletons have fallen out of the National Prosecuting Authority's closet, throwing security flaws within government into the spotlight once again. Could this happen within your organisation?
By Jenny Reid 15 Jul 2014 07:43
Oprah said that the best answer to racism was personal excellence. The concept can be taken even further. Personal excellence is the solution to a great many things, one of which is the catastrophically damaging labour unrest currently choking our economy into negative growth.
By Douglas Kruger 10 Jul 2014 12:11
The creation of a Small Business Development Ministry under Lindiwe Zulu has received a positive response.
By Brett Bowes 5 Jun 2014 11:50
Journalism awards provide one of the few occasions when underpaid and undervalued journalists can get positive recognition...
By Anton Harber 5 Jun 2014 07:31
Although to South Africans there's only been one election they've been interested in recently, another election that has just taken place produced even more surprising results than ours did.
By Marion Scher 30 May 2014 04:57
The spectre of advertising bans on liquor and fast food advertising as well as restrictive onslaughts against the media are glaringly evident in Jacob Zuma's choice of cabinet.
By Chris Moerdyk 29 May 2014 09:19
I recently stumbled across what turned out to be one of the funniest books I have read about journalism...
By Anton Harber 23 May 2014 06:15
We are enjoying 20 years of democracy so it is a good time to take an objective look at transformation as a partnership between government and the private sector.
By Brett Bowes 22 May 2014 13:21
In the 1994 elections, only one newspaper called on voters explicitly to support the African National Congress (ANC). It is a startling reminder of how the structures of the apartheid media industry carried into the new era.
By Anton Harber 16 May 2014 05:31
Elections present us with the various parties' competing narratives: different views of the past, present and future vying for the attention of voters.
By Anton Harber 9 May 2014 06:02
Are South Africans looking forward to casting their votes, and be active participants in how their country will be managed going forward?
By Tralone Khoza 23 Apr 2014 06:07
One would expect a public broadcaster to bend over backwards to show its neutrality at a time such as this. Well, not the SABC...
By Anton Harber 22 Apr 2014 08:10
Government service delivery is once again in the headlines, with ongoing protests in some areas highlighting the desperation of those living in poorer areas for access to improved services.
By Gerald Naidoo 17 Apr 2014 06:09
A media chronology: 'Any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politics, gender or otherwise is incompatible with belonging to the Olympic Movement.' - Article 6 of the Fundamental Principles of Olympism.
By Ed Herbst 15 Apr 2014 08:42
At times such as these, I want to sing the praise of those elements of our news media that show courage and doggedness.
By Anton Harber 28 Mar 2014 05:43
A look at the evolving business model for (mobile governance) m-governance projects and the use of mobile technology as a catalyst for inclusive development.
By Vijay Sai Pratap 27 Mar 2014 14:00
A journalist has to take obscure matters and turn them into engaging and understandable stories, showing people why they should care about them. Sometimes it seems impossible.
By Anton Harber 21 Mar 2014 00:00
With all the media converging on the Pistorius murder trial many people have forgotten or not even realised that in fact in just under two month's we have a national election!
By Marion Scher 18 Mar 2014 06:58
Although the South African government has a reputation for openness towards innovation, it has yet to embrace the remarkable opportunity that lies within the mobile sector.
By Lionel Moyal 26 Feb 2014 09:37
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela released her report on the SABC yesterday. The report - 'When Governance and Ethics Fail' - paints a damning picture of abuse of power, mismanagement, waste and corruption, and outright dishonesty at the public broadcaster.
By Rod Baker 18 Feb 2014 07:38
"The senior management at the SABC couldn't even be bothered to do the numeracy test that was required for a proper skills assessment. The entire senior management of the SABC is in a dire, dire state." Marian Shinn, Parliament 4 February 2005
By Ed Herbst 10 Feb 2014 08:08
At the risk of being utterly boring once again banging on about the SABC, I feel as though some sort of bizarre sense of duty requires me to comment on the completely predictable findings of a PriceWaterhouseCoopers audit on the national broadcaster...
By Chris Moerdyk 7 Feb 2014 06:19
'MMA has viewed the headline news bulletins from SABC1, SABC2 and SABC3 and can confirm that no mention of the booing incident was made in any of the bulletins.'
By Ed Herbst 4 Feb 2014 15:46
Isn't it astonishing how the closer we get to elections, the closer our politicians become to their ancestors? In fact, judging by the way they are mouthing off in the media, I'm almost convinced that they have a hotline to wherever it is that these all-knowing spirits may gather.
By Janine Lazarus, Issued by Janine Lazarus Media Consultancy 31 Jan 2014 11:15
NEWSWATCH: Gauteng's use of ANC colours in billboards and posters - supposedly to publicise the administration's work, but using ANC party colours - has raised questions, reports Mail & Guardian.
By Rod Baker 17 Jan 2014 08:07
NEWSWATCH: Independent head Iqbal Survé says the group's editorial staff are assured of their editorial freedom, and need have no fear when writing about any company within the Sekunjalo Group, reports Mail & Guardian, which also reports the government has admitted - shock and horror - to making a mistake.
By Rod Baker 13 Dec 2013 07:11
NEWSWATCH: The interpreter for the deaf at the memorial service for Madiba is a fake, and produced gibberish, it is claimed, reports Singapore's Straits Times, and you won't hear Zuma being booed... well, not on the SABC, anyway, reports City Press.
By Rod Baker 12 Dec 2013 06:45
Over the last few years the South African government has advocated for the domestic beneficiation of locally mined minerals in an effort to grow the economy and create employment.
By James Fungai Maposa 11 Dec 2013 08:49
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