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Prism winner Sebabatso Lemaoana on PR and trust

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

Communications and Digital Technologies minister to deliver Social Media Summit keynote

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IOL recently announced that it is recruiting over 100 positions (Image source: © 123rf )

Overwhelming response to major digital publisher's recruitment call

11 Jun 2026

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2026 Africa Elevate Scholarship recipients announced

2026 Africa Elevate Scholarship recipients announced

29 May 2026

The Golden Pen for Freedom. Source: Wan-Ifra.

AP, Reuters and AFP to accept Wan-Ifra honour for Gaza coverage

29 May 2026

Isu Elihle Awards open for entries with R30,000 for first place

Isu Elihle Awards open for entries with R30,000 for first place

18 May 2026

Safrea calls for strengthening protection for freelance journalists

Safrea calls for strengthening protection for freelance journalists

Safrea 5 May 2026

Bizcommunity repositions for the future

Bizcommunity repositions for the future

Bizcommunity.com 1 Apr 2026

Terry Bell has died. Source: X.

Terry Bell: Celebrated South African journalist passes away at 84

26 Mar 2026

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Meta and Google just lost a landmark social media addiction case. A tech law expert explains the fallout

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

New SABC’s executive of news & current affairs appointed

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)

Die Papier launches

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)

Justice Ponnan appointment to uphold broadcasting integrity

6 Mar 2026

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Record number of journalists killed in 2025

26 Feb 2026

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“The more things change…”: From Joe Latakgomo to deepfakes

Karabo Ledwaba 24 Feb 2026

Joe Latakgomo in 1988. Source: YouTube.

Sowetan founding editor Joe Latakgomo has passed away

Karabo Ledwaba 23 Feb 2026

Exclusive | Die Papier editor, Barnard Beukman: “Print is alive and with us"

Exclusive | Die Papier editor, Barnard Beukman: “Print is alive and with us"

Wilma de Bruin 17 Feb 2026

Over 50 countries will gather in Pretoria to advance accountability, transparency, and user rights on digital platforms. (Source: )

South Africa hosts global summit on digital platform governance

11 Feb 2026

Jimmy Lai in conversation with BBC. Source: YouTube.

Hong Kong court sentences publisher Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison

9 Feb 2026

Launched by the Digital News Transformation Fund, a new grant programme, Ignite, provides R100,000 grants to early-stage publishers (Image source: © 123rf )

DNTF's new grant provides R100,000 to early-stage publishers

4 Feb 2026

TikTok has finalised a deal to avoid the looming threat of a ban in the US (Image source: © NPR

TikTok avoids looming threat of US ban

23 Jan 2026

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Journalists’ sentencing in Tunisia seen as retaliation, claims family

23 Jan 2026

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$2500 awaits you! How to enter the 2026 SADC Media Awards

21 Jan 2026

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Tunisian journalist Chatha Belhaj Mubarak freed after sentence cut

Tarek Amara 15 Jan 2026

MDDA partners with Google to empower community media through local-language digital skills training

MDDA partners with Google to empower community media through local-language digital skills training

Media Development and Diversity Agency 13 Jan 2026

Supporters of Ugandan Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, of the National Unity Platform (NUP) party, attend his campaign caravan ahead of the general elections in Kampala, Uganda December 15, 2025. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

Censorship concerns rise as Uganda blocks live coverage of election protests

Reuters 6 Jan 2026

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Big Tech, AI, and violence: How South African journalism is being tested

Karabo Ledwaba 5 Dec 2025

eNCA's Checkpoint investigation triumphs at Vodacom Journalist Awards

eNCA's Checkpoint investigation triumphs at Vodacom Journalist Awards

5 Dec 2025

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