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Mandy de Waal is a heavyweight writer and senior journalist who reports on technology, business, science, the media sector and whatever else she finds interesting. Back in journalism after spending time in the corridors of corporate greed, De Waal has written for City Press, Rapport, Noseweek, Brandchannel (New York) and other good titles. She now writes for Daily Maverick, iMaverick and Mail & Guardian because it's the smart thing to do. De Waal accepts interesting and challenging writing assignments.
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Not an April Fool's joke: Hayibo lives!

[Mandy de Waal] Satire-loving South Africans were heart-broken when Hayibo.com closed shop seven months ago. Well, there's bad news and good news in the offing. The bad news for foot-in-mouth politicians is they're back, and the good news for the rest of us that this is no April Fool's joke.

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Government - SA's most ambitious media baron

[Mandy de Waal] Not satisfied with just owning this country's biggest broadcaster, the state is set to launch what will be South Africa's biggest circulation newspaper at a print price tag of well above R1 million an issue. Critics warn of printing for pulp, of a government that has not done its homework, but also of a state that's knee-jerking politically and seriously damaging media diversity in the process

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ZAnews and the irony of local satire facing extinction

[Mandy de Waal] South African satire looks set to become a highly endangered species. First Hayibo bit the dust because it couldn't raise funding; next, ZAnews has stalled season four of its puppet parodies and is looking for moola after news that its Kulula sponsorship was radically cut. Now it is looking for corporate sponsors with a spine.

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Jimi Matthews and his gargantuan SABC TV News challenge

[Mandy de Waal] If you haven't watched television news on the South African public broadcaster for a while, there may be a reason to tune back to that channel. From March 2011, former SABC, Reuters and etv hard newsman Jimi Matthews returns to the helm of television news. His frank talk in a rare interview may just surprise, perhaps even delight you.

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Bono, Malema and the headlines that stirred all the rage

[Mandy de Waal] U2 frontman Bono was the target of wide-scale derision this weekend after a story about him apparently supporting Julius Malema and that infamous "shoot the boer" liberation song flamed across South Africa - and then circled the globe. But as the world's most famous Irish band took to the stage at FNB Stadium, music journalists stepped forward to say Bono had been horribly misquoted by the media.

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Warriors for truth win in ruling on SABC, ICASA

[Mandy de Waal] It's been five long years since the "blacklisting" scandal broke at the SABC, and it became clear that the public broadcaster was being used as a propaganda tool by the Mbeki regime. In a victory for whistle-blowers and for truth and transparency, a court ruling this week confirmed political manipulation of the SABC by former news head Snuki Zikalala.

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ResearchGATE: revolutionising social networking for scientists

[Mandy de Waal] Niche social networking is radically transforming collaboration in research as scientists discover that opening up and sharing knowledge reduces redundancy. In a world where success is often built on the back of painstaking trial and error, ResearchGATE promises to make a truly great difference.

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Nazeem Howa: new kid on the block at The New Age

[Mandy de Waal] There's still no news about when The New Age will be rolling off the presses. But with the appointment of Nazeem Howa as chief executive of TNA Media, the company is at least making progress in filling key positions. If his optimism is well-founded, we shouldn't have too much longer to wait before paper hits the newsstands.

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A fistful of Zim dollars trumps ethics: Avusa in distribution deal with Mugabe Media Inc

[Mandy de Waal] With advertising revenues down and profits plunging, it appears Avusa's management is prepared to do just about anything, even if this means striking a deal with Bob Mugabe's propaganda machine. Something the brave journos of Sunday Times wouldn't feel great about - if only they knew.

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SABC News, a law unto itself

[Mandy de Waal] Accused of sacrificing its public accountability, editorial policy and of moving ever closer to becoming a de facto state broadcaster, the SABC looked dangerously like it was being used by Robert Gumede in his war against the Mail & Guardian. Yet the SABC is defiant, saying it doesn't need to explain its editorial policy or news decisions to anyone. Really?

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