No decision as yet on Times arrests

24 Oct 2007

NEWSWATCH: The Cape Town police have been instructed to investigate further into the case against Sunday Times editor Mondli Makhanya and senior journalist Jocelyn Maker relating to the alleged theft of health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang's medical records, reports IOL, quoting National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Tlali Tlali as saying, "No decision has been made to arrest, no decision has been made to prosecute."

Johnnic Communications (Johncom) announced late last week that it has entered into negotiations with potential black shareholders, reports Business Day and Business Report. Industry speculation has it that these partners may be businessmen Tokyo Sexwale and Cyril Ramaphosa.

Also last week, The Star launched the annual Dave and Ethel Hazelhurst scholarship which will allow a young graduate to study a BA (Honours) degree in journalism at the Wits School of Journalism and, upon successful completion, work at The Star as an intern, writes IOL.

For more:

IOL: No decision yet on arrest of editors
Business Day: Ramaphosa, Sexwale may be Johncom's BEE partners
Business Report: Johncom gives notice of talks to find BEE partner
IOL: 100 years of outstanding journalism

Simone Puterman

About Simone Puterman

Simone Puterman (@SimoneAtLarge) is currently editor-at-large at Marklives.com and deputy chair of the Sanef online editors subcommittee. After majoring in psychology and linguistics at Rhodes University, and then completing her honours in psychology, she has been in the world of B2B publishing since 1997, with 7.5 year stints at both WriteStuff Publishing and Bizcommunity.com (March 2006-August 2013). Email her at moc.sevilkram@enomis.