Rich Mkhondo has been appointed as chief communications officer, replacing Tim Modise, the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa (OC) announced on Friday, 28 November 2008. 1 Dec 2008
The SABC has been accused of ignoring the ANC gatherings in favour of Shikota, a new splinter group recently established by the ruling party's dissidents, according to yesterday's (Sunday, 2 November 2008) edition of The Sunday Independent. 3 Nov 2008
Last week, Talk Radio 702's playing of the control tower recordings after a light aircraft crashed, killing all on board, caused listeners to complain, saying the tapes shouldn't have been aired. 27 Oct 2008
Saturday, 19 October 2008 was Media Freedom Day in South Africa. 20 Oct 2008
Last night, Monday, 22 September 2008, the official mascot of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the 14-year-old 'green-maned' young leopard Zakumi, was unveiled to the world. 23 Sep 2008
The 2008 Pendoring finalists have been released and according to various judges, this year "Pendoring entries are some of the best that have yet been received in the 14 years of this competition's existence” and "have topped that of previous years". 25 Aug 2008
While the Sunday Sun has apologised for Jon Qwelane's recent column concerning gay marriage after the press ombudsman found it in contravention of the press code last week, reports News24.com, a group of 17 gay rights organisations - whose spokesperson is PR man Mixael de Kock - are still calling for Media24 to axe the journalist, according to The Times Online.
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28 Jul 2008Jon Qwelane may follow the path of controversial columnists Deon Maas and David Bullard if the gay community and other concerned members of society have their way. 23 Jul 2008
As an example, Cell C has just launched a TV campaign highlighting the amount of electricity saved if one unplugs the charger after charging one's cellphone. 9 Jun 2008
“Communication by national, provincial and local government in response to the spate of what has become known as the ‘Xenophobia violence' has been nothing short of pointless and pathetic,” writes Chris Moerdyk, marketing and media analyst and Bizcommunity.com columnist, today, Thursday, 22 May 2008, and foreign media analysts have accused the South African Government of not cooperating with the media, nor knowing how the media operates, reports Issa Sikiti Da Silva from the International Media Forum South Africa, currently taking place in Bryanston, Johannesburg. 22 May 2008
The racist Free State University video been all over the news, both locally and internationally. 3 Mar 2008
Last week Avusa (formerly Johncom) fired veteran sub-editor Llewellyn Kriel for revealing allegedly confidential company information through blogging [see Avusa fires journalist for blogging]. 3 Dec 2007
Two weeks ago, controversial media personality Deon Maas launched his first column in Afrikaans daily newspaper Rapport with a column which alluded to Satanism. 19 Nov 2007