WEF is uniquely placed to offer South Africa a chance to position itself and communicate its value proposition to international decision makers...
By Albert van Jaarsveld 27 Jan 2015 13:53
I once asked a South African editor why he ran a cartoon that he agreed was offensive. He said he had felt obliged, as he did not want to censor a well-known and much-respected cartoonist...
By Anton Harber 16 Jan 2015 05:59
Minister of Higher Education and Communist Party chief Blade Nzimande is right to be concerned about hate speech and racism on the internet - but what is to be done about it?
By Anton Harber 8 Jan 2015 14:10
Coverage of the rest of Africa in our media provides an interesting gauge of our relationship with the continent since our borders opened up 20 years ago...
By Anton Harber 5 Dec 2014 04:53
I can stand in the street and call someone a thief. I can even call the president a thief. But I can't do it in Parliament. Something is topsy-turvy here...
By Anton Harber 21 Nov 2014 09:39
We can no longer depend solely on Eskom to meet our escalating energy needs, says WWF-SA, nor can we continue our heavy reliance on coal...
By Sindy Peters 20 Nov 2014 09:20
Since the promulgation of the CPA on 1 April 2011 there has been debate as to whether the voetstoots clause is permitted by the CPA...
By Chantelle Gladwin 20 Nov 2014 06:35
We often hear the term 'active citizenship' and see it used in relation to our contribution to the growth and development of South Africa. But do we fully understand what this term means?..
By Miller Matola 19 Nov 2014 14:26
It was entirely predictable that after a relatively trouble-free and politically safe banning of tobacco product advertising almost two decades ago, government would turn its attention to liquor, fast food and a raft of other forms of advertising...
By Chris Moerdyk 13 Nov 2014 14:48
Cape Town's socio-economic challenges cannot be overcome through narrow, sectarian politicking.
By Chris Whelan 12 Nov 2014 08:54
Senior journalist Tony Weaver faced a company disciplinary hearing because he questioned why the Cape Times cut an advertiser's logo out of a photograph of a shooting in a supermarket...
By Anton Harber 7 Nov 2014 06:04
Ke nako (It's time) was the buzz phrase top of mind during the months preceding the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In 2014 this phrase once again rings true, but for a new zeitgeist: it's time for business to get on the green wave.
By Sindy Peters 7 Oct 2014 10:17
On Tuesday, 23 September, more than 120 world leaders will meet in New York to announce how they each intend to tackle climate change.
By Sindy Peters 18 Sep 2014 11:49
Democracy is a much yearned for and sought after system of governance. As a system where the popular will of the people is superior to the will of individuals, democracy represents the Elysium of multitudes of people around the world...
By Miller Matola 12 Sep 2014 06:54
There is a song called 'Traffic in the Sky' by laid-back musician Jack Johnson that contains a lyric that has always stuck with me...
By Anton Ressel 4 Sep 2014 09:13
Thinking of the Snuki Zikalala example: If Cyril Ramaphosa succeeds President Jacob Zuma, can he, given his apparently sincere convictions about media and broadcast freedom, retain Hlaudi Motsoeneng at the SABC?
By Ed Herbst 3 Sep 2014 09:13
Craig Williamson, who sent the bomb that killed activist Ruth First in Maputo in 1982, walks free... Pallo Jordan, who lied about having a doctorate, has withdrawn from public life...
By Anton Harber 29 Aug 2014 06:28
I think SA should recall its ambassador to Swaziland and threaten to close our borders with the country. I am not joking...
By Anton Harber 22 Aug 2014 06:21
The prohibition of alcohol advertising and raising the age limit for alcohol sales to 21 is an infringement of consumers' rights to choose their own lifestyle...
By Danette Breitenbach 13 Aug 2014 08:03
It is easy to review ethical decisions in journalism with hindsight, when one has the luxury of time to wonder whether a choice made under pressure was the correct one...
By Anton Harber 8 Aug 2014 05:48
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
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