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12 Aug 2026

75% of South African women journalists face cyberbullying, Sanef study finds

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6 Aug 2026

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Sanef weighs in on FM, Currency lack of diversity

24 Jul 2026

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The overall Journalist of the Year at the 2026 Standard Bank Sikuvile Awards is TimesLive’s photojournalist, Sandile Ndlovu (Image supplied)

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Nat Nakasa died while in exile. Source: SABC.

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7 Jul 2026

Sanef elects Katy Katopodis as chairperson

Sanef elects Katy Katopodis as chairperson

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The Digital News Transformation Fund’s second funding round backs newsrooms across seven provinces (Image source: © 123rf )

R15,8m grants for data journalism, AI-assisted workflows and vernacular content

2 Jul 2026

The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, will deliver the keynote address for the 2026 Social Media Summit for Government (Image supplied)

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19 Jun 2026

Mbuyisa Makhubu carries Hector Pieterson after Pieterson was shot and killed at the Soweto Uprising. Antoinette Sithol, Pieterson's sister, runs beside them. Image credit: , via Wikimedia Commons

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11 Jun 2026

INMA has announced 41 recipients of 2026 Africa Elevate Scholarship (Image supplied)

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29 May 2026

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29 May 2026

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Bizcommunity repositions for the future

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Terry Bell has died. Source: X.

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26 Mar 2026

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Rob Nicholls 26 Mar 2026

The SABC has addressed the ongoing discussion around the cancellation of the SABC news channel show Face the Nation (Image source: © SABC News Image credits: Luyanda Danca)

SABC: Face the Nation cancelled due to underperformance, not political interference

24 Mar 2026

Dee Uren will officially take up the position in April. Source: Supplied.

New SABC’s executive of news & current affairs appointed

20 Mar 2026

Podcast with MacG is widely popular in South Africa with hundreds of thousands of views per episode. Source: YouTube.

Government takes baby steps to regulate podcast industry

Karabo Ledwaba 18 Mar 2026

Today Die Papier, the new weekly Afrikaans newspaper from Novus Media, launches, available nationwide in print and online through its digital platforms (Image supplied)

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6 Mar 2026

Justice Ponnan has accepted the appointment as chairperson of the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa’s (BCCSA) Appointment and Appeals Committee (AAC) (Image supplied; composition by Bizcommunity)

Justice Ponnan appointment to uphold broadcasting integrity

6 Mar 2026

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Record number of journalists killed in 2025

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