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Fear reigns at Independent as Weaver’s career hangs in the balance
The manner of dismissals of and disciplinary warnings to highly respected journalists at Independent Newspapers is crushing independent journalistic thought. In the latest instalment of her “Backstory” series, Gill Moodie writes exclusively for Journalism.co.za: While the Cape Times’s Tony Weaver’s career at Independent Newspapers hangs in the balance, two highly respected journalists who have been dismissed this year say their charges were cooked up because criticism is not tolerated in the group’s newsrooms and there is a campaign to get rid of highly paid senior people to save money on the salary bill.
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The day Marcel Golding spun for Zuma
A tame documentary on Jacob Zuma undermines ousted e.tv chief Marcel Golding’s supposed stand against editorial interference from government, writes Verashni Pillay in the Mail & Guardian.
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Twitter suspends Bullard
Cape Town – Controversial columnist David Bullard has been suspended from popular social network Twitter. When visiting Bullard’s Twitter page, https://twitter.com/lunchout2, the message “Account suspended” is displayed.
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Union aims to fight SABC over wages
THE Media Workers Association of SA (Mwasa) has gone to court in a bid to compel acting South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) CEO Anton Heunis to implement a July court order aimed at improving the salaries of his staff.
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Lesotho papers fail to block competitor
The African Media Holdings (Pty) Ltd and its newspapers, the Lesotho Times and Sunday Express, have lost a court case in which their company got an interim interdict to prevent a new tabloid, The Post, from publishing… according to a statement from the Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa).
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Power Reporting 2014
Be inspired. Improve your skills. Learn something new at Power Reporting – the African Investigative Journalism, 3 – 5 November, at Wits University. With over 40 speakers and more than 60 sessions, there is something for everyone. Register now at www.journalism.co.za/power-reporting/
The Carlos Cardoso Memorial Lecture with Angolan journalist and human rights activist Rafael Marques de Morais, at 5.30pm (reception 4.30pm) on Tuesday 4 November at the FNB Building, West Campus, Wits University. The lecture forms part of the Power Reporting investigative journalism conference. To attend the lecture rsvp [email protected] To register for the conference www.journalism.co.za/power-reporting/
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