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MTN Business and Cloudflare expand partnership to deliver managed security across South Africa

9 Jul 2025

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World News Day 2025 will take place on 28 September (Image supplied)

World News Day 2025: Journalism makes a difference

Entries for Nat Nakasa Awards now open

Entries for Nat Nakasa Awards now open

4 Jul 2025

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All about YOU! Putting YOU in YOUth Month on Biz!

20 May 2025

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#MDPMI: Open AI's ChatGPT surprises founders with mass adoption

Karabo Ledwaba 26 Mar 2024

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Detained Congolese journalist Bujakera has been freed, lawyer says

Bate Felix 20 Mar 2024

The Limpopo Mirror is published in Louis Trichardt, a town in the north of South Africa’s Limpopo province. Photo: Anton van Zyl

Google and Facebook are killing local news

Nathan Geffen and Anton van Zyl 8 Mar 2024

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Global news leaders sign open letter in support of journalists in Gaza

6 Mar 2024

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Ethiopian police release French journalist after a week, employer says

Urvi Dugar and Akanksha Khushi 1 Mar 2024

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Congolese journalist denied provisional release after months in detention

Ange Kasongo, Nellie Peyton and Bate Felix 29 Feb 2024

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Icasa revises political advertisement regulations for upcoming elections

28 Feb 2024

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Indian journalist pays 'price for doing his work' in violent attack

26 Feb 2024

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Ethiopian police arrest French journalist, employer says

Giulia Paravicini 26 Feb 2024

Experience Daily Maverick Live: The Gathering 2024 – get ready to make your mark

Experience Daily Maverick Live: The Gathering 2024 – get ready to make your mark

Daily Maverick 9 Feb 2024

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News24 joins top global publishers as it reaches 100,000 paid subscribers

Karabo Ledwaba 1 Feb 2024

Al Jazeera bureau chief Wael al-Dahdouh and his son Hamza. Source: X.

Al Jazeera's bureau chief son among two journalists killed in Gaza

8 Jan 2024

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4 resources for journalists from the world’s top investigative conference

Daneel Knoetze 3 Jan 2024

Source: SABC Iconic South African photojournalist, Dr Peter Magubane has passed away

Iconic South African photojournalist Dr Peter Magubane passes away

Danette Breitenbach 2 Jan 2024

Image supplied. The Wan-ifra's Best Practice in Innovation report features best practice case studies from Nigeria and South Africa

Wan-Ifra's Best practice in digital innovation report includes Nigeria and SA case studies

28 Dec 2023

Source: © 123rf A Further Statement of Issues (FSOI) has been released by the Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry (MDPMI or Inquiry)

Competition Commission's MDPMI identifies 6 additional themes, calls for FSOI

20 Dec 2023

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SABC launches probe into 'ghost workers' scandal

Karabo Ledwaba 18 Dec 2023

Source: © 123rf A new media law will be a dangerous setback for freedom of expression in Lebanon

New media law a setback for Lebanon's media freedom

8 Dec 2023

Source: © BNN Former journalist and government spokesperson, Jeffrey Zikhali, was gunned down on Friday night in KZN

Former journalist and government spokesperson, Jeffrey Zikhali, gunned down in KZN

4 Dec 2023

Image supplied. The national winners of the 2023 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards

The 2023 national Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards winners

1 Dec 2023

Source: © 123rf The volume of mentions in online anti-immigrant conversation on X (formerly Twitter) in South Africa has increased

62% increase in volume of mentions in online anti-immigrant conversations on X in SA

30 Nov 2023

Source: © Wan-ifra Gianluca Costantini’s drawings of the journalists and media workers killed in the Hamas-Israeli conflict since 7 October

Artist honours journalists and media workers killed in Hamas-Israeli conflict

28 Nov 2023

Source: © 123rf TrustList is a home-grown new digital initiative that aims to protect media buyers and brands by providing real-time warnings against placing programmatic advertising on 'red-listed' online media

TrustList: Real time warning against programmatic advertising placement on 'red-listed' online media

DY/DX 27 Nov 2023

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Kashmir editor released from jail after 600 days of imprisonment

24 Nov 2023

Source: © Shift Delete It is reported that Apple is pulling all its adverts from X following the endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory by Elon Musk

Apple follows IBM in pulling all adverts from X, after Musk endorses antisemitic conspiracy theory

20 Nov 2023

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Russia puts new media restrictions ahead of presidential election

16 Nov 2023

Image supplied. Novus Group says fake news is one of the most significant challenges of the digital age

Media monitoring a shield against fake news in the digital age

9 Nov 2023

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Radio journalist in the Philippines fatally shot live on Facebook during broadcast

6 Nov 2023

Image supplied. Media, business, government, technology, and community leaders from across Africa and internationally have gathered in Cape Town, South Africa for this year’s annual Africa Business Media Innovators (ABMI) forum which ends today

Bloomberg Africa Business Media Innovators Forum 2023 explores media opportunities in Africa

1 Nov 2023

Source: © Safety of Journalists Platform Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Sunday, based on preliminary findings of its investigation that Reuters visuals journalist Issam Abdallah was killed in southern Lebanon by a "targeted" strike from the direction of the Israeli border

RSF initial report: Reuters journalist was killed in strike

30 Oct 2023

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