How can African journalism highlight the continent's challenges and vulnerabilities, which are often ignored by internationalised responses?...
George Ogola 3 days ago
Our entertainment industry is nothing if not resilient, Texx and the City's editor Tecla Ciolfi takes a look at some of the ways musicians are rising to the occasion as Covid-19 takes root in SA...
Tecla Ciolfi 3 days ago
The past week has seen widespread panic and mass stockpiling, with doomsday predictions running rampant. South African businesses are nervous...
Neil Clarence, Issued by Vicinity Media 3 days ago
The number of coronavirus cases in Kenya has jumped to at least 15 (by 23 March) after the government confirmed more cases...
Siddharth Chatterjee 23 Mar 2020
The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is spreading across the world. For those who catch it, the vast majority will experience mild symptoms, but for a few it can cause severe disease and death...
Orkan Okan, Kristine Sørensen & Melanie Messer 23 Mar 2020
Since the inception of the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) 26 years ago, one of the most powerful and impactful tools used to reach all South Africans has been the media...
Issued by Cipla 17 Mar 2020
From an ethical perspective, covering the coronavirus story is really hard to do well. The reason for this lies in an inherent conflict between two ethical obligations: the obligation to truth-telling and the obligation not to add unjustifiably to public anxiety...
16 Mar 2020
The excitement is building as five contestants prepare to battle it out to win the brand-new Volkswagen Polo Vivo...
Issued by Smile 90.4FM 11 Mar 2020
5 Mar 2020
The Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership at Rhodes University invites communication and other front-line-facing officers/managers in central and local government to register for the Government Media: Essential Tools for Editors and Journalists course...
Issued by Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership, Rhodes University 27 Feb 2020
Sanef has announced the untimely passing of journalist and writer, Shaun Johnson. Johnson died yesterday at the age of 60...
25 Feb 2020
The International News Media Association (Inma) has announced 173 finalists for the 2020 Global Media Awards competition, including four South African entries...
25 Feb 2020
The organisers of Cannes Lions 2020 have announced the first speakers and sessions at the Festival...
20 Feb 2020
News24, South Africa's largest digital publisher, has launched a new mobile app with personalised features and enhanced journalism...
Issued by The SpaceStation 18 Feb 2020
Newzroom Afrika is ringing in the 2020s with a programming reboot to keep things fresh and focused for what promises to be a momentous new decade...
Issued by Newzroom Afrika 17 Feb 2020
New York Festivals TV & Film Awards has announced its 2020 competition finalists...
17 Feb 2020
Widespread hatching and movement in different directions of the destructive desert locusts could turn into a full-blown crisis in the coming weeks in East Africa and neighbouring countries if not stopped, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation warns...
Nelson Mandela Ogema 13 Feb 2020
Kaya FM names composer, performer, broadcaster and television producer Unathi Nkayi as the host of the newly revamped Monday-Thursday; 12-3pm slot, effective from 2 March 2020...
Issued by Kaya FM 95.9 4 Feb 2020
4 Feb 2020
31 Jan 2020
If you want to score heroin in some of the historically black suburbs, or townships, of Johannesburg, South Africa, you need to find yourself a 'Snyman'...
Thembisa Waetjen, Julie Parle & Rebecca Hodes 30 Jan 2020
This month, Kaya FM invites listeners to tune in for a month of exceptional music and masterclasses as we celebrate the Roots and Routes of jazz...
Issued by Kaya FM 95.9 21 Jan 2020
The Sol Plaatje Institute (SPI) for Media Leadership, Rhodes University invites you to join their five-day management course entitled "Essentials of Digital Media Management" taking place from the 24-28 February...
Issued by Rhodes University 20 Jan 2020
Rex Gibson, who was the last editor of respected South African newspaper, The Rand Daily Mail and who was at the coalface of the Apartheid era's most vicious censorship laws has died...
15 Jan 2020
14 Jan 2020
While it's not exactly easy to predict the future, there are a few musical movements that have seemed to gain momentum over the last year-or-so, movements that will hopefully be more relevant than ever, in the first year of our new decade...
Tecla Ciolfi 13 Jan 2020
Dustin Chick will be using his journalism and communications expertise to launch and lead M&C Saatchi Abel's new PR agency, Razor...
9 Jan 2020
Manoramaonline.com won Best News Website of the Year Award at the fourth edition of the Wan-Ifra's South Asian Digital Media Awards ...
30 Dec 2019
Matt Potter, chief content officer for John Brown Media UK, shares some insight into how to create better content - and it's all about connecting with your consumers on an emotional level...
Issued by Dentsu Aegis Network 20 Dec 2019
When social media appeared in the 2000s it saw the emergence of a whole new digital industry. Many believe that the public relations industry was caught unawares and that they struggled to catch up with the initial opportunities. It is now critical that we prepare for the new wave of changes upon us...
Francois van Dyk 19 Dec 2019
With the greatest anticipation that the African marketing and communication industry will thrive and strengthen in the foreseeable future, it is important to note that the way we as South Africa and the greater continent consumes media will determine the speed at which we progress as a nation in that regard...
Gee Motsepe 18 Dec 2019
Journalists need to be taught how to be entrepreneurs so they can contribute to the survival of the media industry, said Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, chairman of the APO Group...
Louise Burgers 16 Dec 2019
Julia Raphaely, CEO of Associated Media Publishing shares highlights of the 2019 FIPP World Media Congress, held in Las Vegas last month...
Julia Raphaely 13 Dec 2019
US-Nigerian Sahara Reporters website reports assets frozen amid surveillance, censorship...
12 Dec 2019
The ongoing detentions of Nigerian publisher Agba Jalingo and Ethiopian editor Fekadu Mahtemework, don't tell the whole story of their governments' crackdowns on freedom of expression...
Muthoki Mumo and Jonathan Rozen 11 Dec 2019
Here are 10 hits from Africa and its diaspora that made waves internationally this year, which are all available on Showmax...
9 Dec 2019
Newzroom Afrika has boosted its editorial line up with the appointment of two seasoned journalists - former Daily Dispatch editor-in-chief Sbu Ngalwa and veteran radio journalist Stephen Grootes who join the channel in December...
Zamahlasela Gabela, Issued by Newzroom Afrika 5 Dec 2019
Allan Namu signed a television agreement with Maisha Magic to produce a police program...
3 Dec 2019
Independent Media is pleased to announce several key editorial appointments, which will come into immediate effect...
Issued by Independent Media 2 Dec 2019
The Bookmarks Special Honours Category is where the industry recognises those individuals, skills and companies that have gone beyond the benchmark in digital...
Issued by IAB South Africa 28 Nov 2019
CPJ gala recognises courageous journalists from developing democracies, celebrates press freedom...
27 Nov 2019
Gayle Edmunds, head of Ads24's new Content Hub, is the worthy recipient of the 2019 Africa Science Desk Journalism Award for Science and Innovation Editor, for her facilitation of "an innovative and educational series on the impact of climate change on agriculture and food security"...
Issued by Ads24 27 Nov 2019
The Postgraduate Diploma in Media Management (PGDip in Media Management) is an intensive, year-long fulltime programme accredited at the honours degree level (NQF Level 8) by South Africa's Qualifications Authority (SAQA)...
Issued by Rhodes University 26 Nov 2019
With his characteristic dry, wry wit in full force, I sat down with entrepreneur-at-heart Simon Dingle for an exclusive interview after his Catalyst Africa presentation, on why an open internet that connects people is a winner for every industry...
Leigh Andrews 25 Nov 2019
An all-female AfricaCom panel discussed the fact that the backbone of a truly digital economy is hyper-connectivity. While M-Pesa is still celebrated a decade after it disrupted the way money works on the continent forever, digital inclusion remains a problem. How do we scale innovation, yet leave no-one behind?
Leigh Andrews 22 Nov 2019
A new report by Inma (the International News Media Association) looks at the essential functions of a readers-first newsroom, why trust is key in reader revenue, what readers will pay for, and how news media leadership can guide this transition...
22 Nov 2019
The Committee to Protect Journalists called on authorities in the breakaway region of Somaliland to immediately allow the privately owned Horn Cable TV to operate freely...
21 Nov 2019
Wunderman Thompson, formerly known as Wunderman SA, has appointed Moagi Bodibe as its chief strategy officer...
Issued by Wunderman Thompson 19 Nov 2019