Issue 104 | The Journalist

How to combat ‘media capture’

by journalist | Oct 31, 2018 | The Craft | 62

The age-old debate between the relative value of theory and practice is finally broken

How do we combat fake news, the grooming of journalists by sources less than credible and how do we grow and maybe even restore the public’s trust in journalism? These are questions that are foremost on the minds of the media profession as well as the public’s as we commemorated Black Wednesday this October.

Africa improves in wealth creation but not opportunity

by journalist | Oct 31, 2018 | Spotlight | 238

Africa’s large youth population presents many complex and important strategic challenges and solutions

The Future of America: What to Expect in mid-term US Elections on 6 November

by journalist | Oct 31, 2018 | Spotlight | 112

There is an old saying that it gets darker just before dawn. If current polls are correct, the...

Will Jamal Kashoggi’s brutal murder bring change to Saudi Arabia?

by journalist | Oct 30, 2018 | Spotlight | 248

Jamal Kashoggi’s disappearance will not silence us

So this is democracy? A report on media freedom in Southern Africa

by journalist | Oct 30, 2018 | The Craft | 342

Highly contested environment and prevalence of fake news

A report by the Media Institute of South Africa notes that the country has a high prevalence of fake news especially in social media and there exists a “heavy stench of corruption”. This situation is worsened by the fact that the South Africa is grappling with the consequences of state capture, looting of state resources by politically connected individuals…

Shifting the needle on economic growth

by journalist | Oct 30, 2018 | Spotlight | 37

With the Investment Summit that took place earlier this month and our new Finance Minister having...

We need to raise a generation of men who do not rape, abuse or kill women

by journalist | Oct 30, 2018 | Kau Kauru Voices | 692

Women are under siege in South Africa

The international campaign, 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, runs from the end of November to the beginning of December, but it’s clear that a lot more than a few days are required to end the scourge of violence against women.Earlier this month the South African public was shocked by the treatment of alleged rape victim Cheryl Zondi, the first witness in the case against Nigerian Pastor, Timothy Omotoso…

#DepressionIsReal is not only for the privileged

by journalist | Oct 30, 2018 | Kau Kauru Voices | 253

A hashtag cannot relay the experiences of 17 million people living with mental illnesses

The death of hip-hop pioneer HHP last week pushed mental health into the spotlight, raising the question: do we only care about mental health when a celebrity takes their life?

A Need for Racial Reform in Academia in South Africa

by journalist | Oct 30, 2018 | Spotlight, Uhuru Now | 2221

A Response to the Call for African Renaissance

First Drum Woman Editor-in-Chief: Media shy Liz Khumalo

by journalist | Oct 30, 2018 | Pioneers | 3254

From secretary to Sis Dolly to newsroom leader

It took patience for Liz Khumalo aka Sis Dolly to journey through the newsroom, first as Drum magazine’s secretary and agony aunt Sis Dolly, then as a journalist, executive editor, and finally editor-in-chief at the sunset of her career, at which time the historic magazine was read by over a million people per week.By the time the longest serving Drum magazine journalist and editor-in-chief Liz Khumalo retired…