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The Johannesburg High Court has ruled that crimes from the apartheid era can be prosecuted. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Criminal Law

Understanding the court ruling on apartheid-era crimes

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 25 Apr 2025

The ads have both been seen as racially charged. Source: Heinz.

Advertising

Heinz faces backlash for racially controversial ads

Karabo Ledwaba 16 Oct 2024

What happens to financial losses suffered by banking customers following a kidnapping?

Banking

What happens to financial losses suffered by banking customers following a kidnapping?

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 14 Aug 2024

Finance

South Africa faces ‘perfect storm’ of financial crime, ready to ‘fight back’

5 Jul 2024

Source: © 123rf The R28m Joint Film Fund of the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) and Netflix has completed and released six micro-budget films

Film & Cinematography

6 local micro-budget films launched by joint Netflix and NFVF fund

15 Apr 2024

Local is lekker at the cinema with new film releases

Film

Local is lekker at the cinema with new film releases

6 Mar 2024

The Afda Graduation Festival 2023: Showcasing the future leaders of the creative economy

Higher Education

The Afda Graduation Festival 2023: Showcasing the future leaders of the creative economy

Earle Holmes, Issued by Afda 13 Nov 2023

What to watch on the big screens this August

Film

What to watch on the big screens this August

Daniel Dercksen 4 Aug 2023

Media

French journalist Dubois freed in Mali

Lucien Libert, Elizabeth Pineau, John Irish, GV De Clercq and Kevin Liffey 22 Mar 2023

Need for speed: Tractor Outdoor partners with MCSA to return missing children to their homes

OOH

Need for speed: Tractor Outdoor partners with MCSA to return missing children to their homes

Issued by Tractor Outdoor 7 Jun 2022

Icasa linking SIM cards to biometrics - how new regulations aim to keep consumers safe

Mobile & Apps

Icasa linking SIM cards to biometrics - how new regulations aim to keep consumers safe

10 May 2022

#OnTheBigScreen: The French Dispatch

Film

#OnTheBigScreen: The French Dispatch

Daniel Dercksen 12 Nov 2021

AMAA 2021: Gravedigger's Wife, Ayinla and Omo Ghetto: The Saga secure multiple nominations

Film

AMAA 2021: Gravedigger's Wife, Ayinla and Omo Ghetto: The Saga secure multiple nominations

2 Nov 2021

Image source: © Alexander Raths –

Criminal Law

42 military veterans get bail

20 Oct 2021

Image source: Kindel Media from

Criminal Law

Police arrest 56 suspects for taking Cabinet Ministers hostage

15 Oct 2021

#OnTheBigScreen: Vanquish and Maya The Bee 3

Film

#OnTheBigScreen: Vanquish and Maya The Bee 3

Daniel Dercksen 23 Apr 2021

Tyler Penner via

Agriculture

SA agri industry reacts to latest crime statistics

Ursula Human 4 Aug 2020

What's new on Showmax in July

Streaming

What's new on Showmax in July

Issued by Showmax 9 Jul 2020

South African Law Enforcement officers check movement papers during the country’s 21-day national total lockdown. Nic Bothma/EPA

Human Rights Law

Covid-19: How personal versus public freedoms are playing out in South Africa

Harriet Etheredge 3 Apr 2020

Media

What's making news in SA?

6 Dec 2019

Standard Bank Sikuvile 2019 journalist and SA story of the year winners, Dewald Van Rensburg and Sipho Masondo of City Press.

Media

#SBSJA19: All the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism winners!

12 Sep 2019

#OnTheBigScreen: Fiela Se Kind, Hustlers and Losing Lerato

Film

#OnTheBigScreen: Fiela Se Kind, Hustlers and Losing Lerato

Daniel Dercksen 13 Sep 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Media Freedom

Nigerian publisher Agba Jalingo detained without charge

4 Sep 2019

Sikuvile Journalism Awards: Finalists announced!

Media

Sikuvile Journalism Awards: Finalists announced!

10 Jun 2019

Anthony Molyneaux, multimedia journalist for Tiso Blackstar Group.

IAB Bookmarks Awards

#Bookmarks2019: Raising awareness without stepping over into sensationalism

Leigh Andrews 4 Apr 2019

#OnTheBigScreen: Escape Room, Cold Pursuit and Destroyer

Film

#OnTheBigScreen: Escape Room, Cold Pursuit and Destroyer

Daniel Dercksen 22 Mar 2019

A screen shot from December 2017 displaying the front pages of Tanzanian newspapers Mwananchi and The Citizen, calling on the Tanzanian government to help find missing journalist Azory Gwanda.

Media Freedom

Where is journalist Azory Gwanda?

22 Nov 2018

#OnTheBigScreen: Vigilantes, the moon landing, and Goosebumps

Film

#OnTheBigScreen: Vigilantes, the moon landing, and Goosebumps

Daniel Dercksen 26 Oct 2018

#OnTheBigScreen: Billionaire boys and The Predator returns

Film

#OnTheBigScreen: Billionaire boys and The Predator returns

Daniel Dercksen 14 Sep 2018

Nigerian journalist Samuel Ogundipe, who was detained August 14 by Nigerian police. Credit: Premium Times.

Media

Nigerian journalist jailed for refusing to reveal source

20 Aug 2018

Rhino poachers sentenced

Environment & Natural Resources

Rhino poachers sentenced

20 Aug 2018

#OnTheBigScreen: Ant-Man, American Animals, and Show Dogs

Film

#OnTheBigScreen: Ant-Man, American Animals, and Show Dogs

Daniel Dercksen 6 Jul 2018

#OnTheBigScreen: Faith, garden gnomes, and postpartum blues

Film

#OnTheBigScreen: Faith, garden gnomes, and postpartum blues

Daniel Dercksen 11 May 2018

Radio & Audio

Jock-strapped

nick feinberg 13 Apr 2018

The media vs mother of the nation

Media

The media vs mother of the nation

Lesedi Ntuli 11 Apr 2018

The World Press Freedom Index 2017 by .

Fairness First

#FairnessFirst: Grave press freedom violations in Africa

Leigh Andrews 9 Apr 2018

Tourism & Travel

Staying safe on the road in Africa

9 Mar 2018

Freedom of speech under threat in Tanzania

Media Freedom

Freedom of speech under threat in Tanzania

2 Mar 2018

#OnTheBigScreen: Superheroes, scandals and showgirls

Film

#OnTheBigScreen: Superheroes, scandals and showgirls

Daniel Dercksen 15 Feb 2018

#BizTrends2018: 15 big screen trends

Trends

#BizTrends2018: 15 big screen trends

Daniel Dercksen 15 Jan 2018

A December to remember: Africa's dire press freedom record

Media

A December to remember: Africa's dire press freedom record

3 Jan 2018

Too early for interdict - judge tells 'melodramatic' Vlok Symington

Labour Law

Too early for interdict - judge tells 'melodramatic' Vlok Symington

Kyle Cowan 26 Sep 2017

Environment & Natural Resources

Rhino poachers get prison time

22 Sep 2017

#OnTheBigScreen: Kidnapping, Hustling, Motherhood and Angels

Film

#OnTheBigScreen: Kidnapping, Hustling, Motherhood and Angels

Daniel Dercksen 1 Sep 2017

#OnTheBigScreen: Women in Love, Obsession, Revenge and Kidnapping

Film

#OnTheBigScreen: Women in Love, Obsession, Revenge and Kidnapping

Daniel Dercksen 10 Aug 2017

When a robot stands as an independent political candidate and wins

Technology

When a robot stands as an independent political candidate and wins

Raleen Bagg 31 Mar 2017

Official Navy Page via - A Cameroonian Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) boat patrols the Cameroon coastal waters.

Shipping

Maritime kidnappings surge in 2016

11 Jan 2017