1 day ago
In an open letter published over the weekend, Wan-Ifra president, Fernando de Yarza López-Madrazo, has called for short-term financing to overcome the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus. ...
2 days ago
The 2020 Radio Awards panellists nominated Gagasi FM in an impressive three categories...
Issued by Gagasi FM 27 Mar 2020
How can African journalism highlight the continent's challenges and vulnerabilities, which are often ignored by internationalised responses?...
George Ogola 26 Mar 2020
In a time of crisis, the first casualty is accurate, useful and usable information. News offers a service to all South Africans that has never been so important...
Gayle Edmunds 25 Mar 2020
PIC Report-Sekunjalo: No adverse findings against Sekunjalo, Dr Iqbal Survé or any company that Sekunjalo has invested in...
Issued by Independent Media 24 Mar 2020
To combat the spread of misinformation pertaining to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the African News Agency (ANA) has launched a dedicated content portal to provide a credible and verified source of news and information...
Issued by Independent Media 20 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
Sanef says it's committed to assisting government to communicate information pertaining to the spread and containment of the Covid-19 and ensuring the safety of journalists covering the disease...
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
Public relations is a vague term for an industry of different services, specialities and personalities. I've been in the industry for 20 years and I still haven't quite figured out how to explain to people what PR is...
Sasha Kupritz 16 Mar 2020
Films opening at cinemas in South Africa, this week, include a Jane Austen adaptation starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Emma; Cape Town-born David SF Wilson's feature film directorial debut, which stars Vin Diesel, Bloodshot; a new film from Clint Eastwood, Richard Jewell; and Oliver Hermanus's exploration of gay life in the South African military in the 1980s, Moffie...
Daniel Dercksen 12 Mar 2020
The very first Epica Awards Sri Lanka was deemed a "huge success" by its organisers last week...
11 Mar 2020
The SA BAR Awards has been postponed due to the Covid-19 outbreak. South Africa's leading bartenders will be recognised at the fifth SA Bartending Accolades & Recognition (BAR) Awards, which will be held at The Maslow Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg on 23 March 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
Sekunjalo Investment Holdings would like to inform media corporations operating in South Africa, their journalists, the business community at large and the citizens of South Africa that it will not be deterred from investing monies into media outlets in the country...
Mandla Mbusi, Issued by Independent Media 24 Feb 2020
The latest technology is now being used to verify content and spot fakes...
Craig Lebrau, Issued by Lebrau Press 24 Feb 2020
21 Feb 2020
It's early morning. The sun is blazing, but this doesn't put a damper on the excitement of seeing the all-new Hyundai i30N, which was recently launched in the picturesque town of Franschhoek near Cape Town...
Evan-Lee Courie, Issued by Hyundai 21 Feb 2020
MyBroadband senior journalist Jamie McKane has been promoted to the position of deputy editor...
Issued by MyBroadband 19 Feb 2020
The media continues to be plagued by trust issues, particularly in developed countries. In South Africa, trust in the media declined further in 2019 according to the recently launched Edelman Trust Barometer...
Claire Densham 18 Feb 2020
The 2020 World Car of the Year finalists has been announced...
David Taylor 11 Feb 2020
False allegations and rumours about the coronavirus outbreak have been running riot on social media and in some mainstream media...
Marina Joubert 10 Feb 2020
7 Feb 2020
Today's socially conscious citizens can use Change.org to request 'change' from a specific corporate power or even to inspire behaviour change in a nation as a whole. Take this pledge and pay forward the insights needed to turn your 'make the world a better place' dream into reality...
Leigh Andrews 31 Jan 2020
As a motoring journalist, I drive a myriad of cars, sedans, SUV's of every size, pick-up and bakkies on many road surfaces. But when the opportunity came about to take part in a "Gravel-Log"...
Naresh Maharaj 20 Jan 2020
With the recent flood of pledges by investors to "turn up the heat" on climate action, one might think that the investment industry was in the midst of a profound shift. If only that were the case...
Cecile Feront & Stephanie Bertels 17 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
Jordan Rittenberry looks back at the past twelve months and plan for what's to come...
Jordan Rittenberry 8 Jan 2020
APO Group CEO, Lionel Reina, spoke to Bizcommunity.com on latest trends in the way that multinational companies are currently rethinking their communications strategies in Africa...
6 Jan 2020
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
The government is due to announce its decision on a massive new wind energy project on the West Coast within the next two weeks...
John Yeld 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
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
The number of journalists imprisoned globally for their work in 2019 remains near record highs. China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt are world's worst jailers of journalists...
Elana Beiser 11 Dec 2019
Nigerian journalists attacked and threatened while covering Bayelsa and Kogi state elections...
10 Dec 2019
Social media is filled with opinions and debate around countless issues. As a result, Black Twitter in South Africa has become one of the most influential communities whose impact has the power to sway public opinion across the social web...
10 Dec 2019
Journalists are contending with fewer resources and a host of challenges, including receiving more PR pitches than ever...
10 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
The fight to save the world's most endangered whale from vicious drug cartels, enviro-thriller Sea of Shadows premieres on National Geographic 6 December 2019 at 9pm...
Issued by Fox Networks Group 5 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
Launched as a digital platform in November 2018, Food for Mzansi is on a mission to change the narrative of South Africa's agriculture industry...
Robin Fredericks 2 Dec 2019
29 Nov 2019
CPJ gala recognises courageous journalists from developing democracies, celebrates press freedom...
27 Nov 2019