Mpofu suspended a third time

The Mail & Guardian reports that it is being sued R1 million for defamation by Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs Lulama Xingwana, and PRO Maurice Levin says he's been advised by his attorneys to take legal action against Lew Geffen Sotheby's International Realty for dismissing him unfairly, according to Business Day.

Then, The Sowetanwrites that the press ombudsman Joe Thloloe has ruled against a complaint by Sandile Memela, a former journalist who is now a spokesperson for the Ministry of Arts and Culture, brought against the newspaper and its editor-in-chief Thabo Leshilo.

Meanwhile, Deon du Plessis, publisher of The Daily Sun, has written an opinion piece in the M&G Online which defends the tabloid's "South Africa First" stance. The daily newspaper has been accused of contributing to the recent xenophobia through its choice of language.

The four men arrested in connection with the murder of Obed “Tiny” Seluma have had charges against them withdrawn as the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court found no evidence linking them to the murder of the Chicken Licken actor, reports The Times Online.

Finally, Prof Guy Berger writes in his M&G Online column that the switch on to digital TV by 1 November 2008 is going to be "a damp squib, rather than an arousing rocket illuminating the broadcast sky", thanks to government delays.

For more:

• Talk Radio 702 Online: SABC board and Mpofu standoff
  
• Talk Radio 702 Online: Mpofu suspended - yet again
  
• M&G Online: Land affairs minister sues M&G
  
• Business Day Online: Name in lights for all the wrong reasons
  
• The Sowetan Online: Sowetan, the Soul Truth
  
• M&G Online: Our guy in the blue overalls
  
• The Times Online: Four Seluma suspects freed
  
• M&G Online: Slow drip for digital television