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New entrepreneurial spirit drives TMG changes

When Andrew Bonamour’s Blackstar took over Avusa – now called Times Media Group – in 2012 there was a lot of suspicion in the industry, writes Gill Moodie in the latest instalment of her “Backstory” series.

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Call for probe of SABC golden handshakes

THE Democratic Alliance (DA) on Friday wrote to Public Protector Thuli Madonsela requesting that she investigate the role played by controversial South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng in the almost R13m paid in golden handshakes to two former executives of the public broadcaster.

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Maggs joins Power with new media show

Veteran TV and radio broadcaster Jeremy Maggs has joined Gauteng’s commercial talk radio station POWER 98.7… Maggs joins POWER 98.7 from Sunday, 5 October, and will host a media-focused talk show called POWER WEEK every Sunday from 10am to 12pm. POWER WEEK will cover and analyse news media, advertising, creative, online trends and developments while creating a platform for broader, robust discussions with its listeners.

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ZBC haunted by salary cuts

The decision by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation to unilaterally cut workers’ salaries in January this year has backfired, with the employees now claiming a collective figure of US$1,5 million in salary arrears emanating from the cut.

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New head for Zambian broadcaster

THE Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) board has with immediate effect appointed Richard Mwanza as corporation’s new director general.

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Radio Shows

  • Nigeria church collapse killing 115 devotees. We chat to structural engineer Rob Young about the collapse and psychologist Dr Leon van Niekerk about the psychology of faith and religion

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  • The business of brand SA: we discuss the R65 Million loss over the cancelled “Tribe One Fest”, as well as the recent youth unemployment rates recently released by Stats SA…

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  • Unsecure lending: We look at the How To of debt problems with the president of Debt Counselling Association SA, Paul Slot. Lorica Elferink from ENSafrica and Jacqueline Boucher from the National Credit Regulator

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Job opportunities and events

Media Freedom Day: 17 October: Theme: Enhancing Media Freedom in Africa

Media Freedom Day: 17 October: Theme: Enhancing Media Freedom in Africa Sanef and Wits Journalism invite you to a Media Freedom Day celebration/Black Wednesday commemoration, at which the State of the Newsroom, SA 2014 will also be launched.

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Writing position at Big Media

Big Media is looking for a journalist to research and write news and feature articles on a variety of topics from economics to tourism. Candidates should have journalistic experience with a bend towards research.

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Vacancy for a Digital News specialist

Content development, optimisation and production for the SABC News website

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Photography course

The Photojournalism and Documentary Photography Programme at the Market Photo Workshop is designed for prospective photojournalists and documentary photographers.

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