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News and Insights
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Ruth First remembered through race talk
Speaking to an audience of close to a thousand in the Wits Great Hall earlier this evening, Panashe Chigumadzi and Sisonke Msimang, the two Ruth First fellows, reflected on their research around the theme: "Race: Lived Experiences and Contemporary Conversations".
Chigumadzi, 23, the founder and editor of Vanguard Magazine, presented her work which explored the concept of a "coconut".
"Coconut experiences are not new," added Chigumadzi, "Tiyo Soga (a South African journalist and minister from the 1800s), might have been the first black coconut." In unpacking the term, Chigumadzi said a "coconut" is an "experience of socialisation which leads to a knowledge of white grammar."
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When journalists become part of the story: The Prasa exposé
When reporters become the subject of a story, it means something unusual has happened. The recent alleged assault on Rapport’s Pieter-Louis Myburgh by axed Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) boss Lucky Montana was as bizarre as it was alarming.
Montana allegedly threw a brick at the journalist’s car as Myburgh drove away from a building site he had been looking into as part of a probe into Montana’s Pretoria properties.
“I would prefer not to become the subject of a report and I had no intention of encountering Mr Montana at that property,” Myburgh told Journalism.co.za last week. “Some of the feedback I’ve seen in comments (online) and on Twitter is based on this misperception that I stalked Mr Montana and this is where his family lives.
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Funding boost for African data journalism
The three-year programme at Code for Africa (CfAfrica) initially targets newsrooms in three regional ‘hub’ nations, in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. It will expand to include Tanzania in 2016, and will also tap into CfAfrica’s digital experimentation in newsrooms elsewhere in Africa.
The initiative grows out of a series of successful pilot projects by theInternational Center for Journalists (ICFJ). The new $4.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) will scale these successes in the hub countries. A consortium of other donors, including Omidyar Network and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, are funding related CfAfrica activities elsewhere in Africa..
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Wits Journalism graduates fundraise their way to New York
Nokuthula Manyathi and Shandukani Mulaudzi, graduates of the Wits journalism programme in 2013, have managed to raise nearly R2-million to realise their dream of studying further at the Columbia School of Journalism in New York.
After being accepted in 2014 for the MSc in Journalism, both Manyathi and Mulaudzi have spent nearly a year and a half raising the money needed to undertake the degree.
Manyathi, the 2013 multimedia student of the year at Wits, says they were constantly told that it would be an impossible task. “For me I fell in love with New York a while ago,” Manyathi said.
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Victory for media on proposed online regulation policy
An important concession was won for media freedom in SA this month when the Film and Publication Board (FPB) agreed to extend the existing exemption for media that sign up to the Press Code to a new classification regime that seeks to regulate online.
The FPB’s proposed Draft Online Regulation Policy brought together the South African branch of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), the South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) and Press Council of South Africa (under which the Press Code falls).
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Podcasts
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Law Focus – Law of Corruption
Paying for papers is somewhat of a norm in SA’s asylum sector.
We speak to Roni Amit, author of ‘Queue Here For Corruption’ and hear the Spokesperson for the Department of Home Affairs, Mr Mayihlome Tshwete give us their side of things.
Darius Kwigomba from the Coordinating Body of Refugees and Migrants Communities explains their experiences. Lastly, Kabelo Sedupane from CorruptionWatch shares how this fits into the bigger picture of corruption in South Africa.
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The Science Inside #022 – Cecil the Lion
Cecil the Lion’s death caused an uproar internationally, so this time on #TheScienceInside we’re all about wildlife.
We hear why people care about Cecil so much from Dr Lochran Traill. Dr Vivienne Williams explains the shocking practice of lion bones being sold as tiger bones. We hear some shocking truths about roadkills with Wendy Collinson, and how not all of them are accidental.
Lastly we speak to Dr Andrew Venter about how lions are being bread to be killed, and the documentary Blood Lions.
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The Business Buzz – Female Entrepreneurship
The government has recognized and made it a policy issue to drive entrepreneurship in the country. We have also seen even the private sector joining in and creating a number of programmes and funds to support entrepreneurs.
This week on The Business Buzz, we discuss the state of female entrepreneurship in the South African landscape. We investigate the barriers facing female entrepreneurs and discuss ways in which we can cultivate the spirit of entrepreneurship amongst young women. Joining us for the discussion is Lydia Zingoni, founder & director of the SA Teen Entrepreneur Foundation and Tanya Kunze, the CEO of Swift Coaching.
Financial Advisor Ken Swettenham gives us a recap of this week’s Business, Finance and Economic news “In our Business Wrap”. We unveil the first mentor of “The Mentorship Match-Up”, Lynette Ntuli.
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Opportunities
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African Journalist Reporting Tour to China 2015 – Applications open
The Wits China-Africa Reporting Project is collaborating with the African Communication Research Centre at the Communication University of China (CUC) in Beijing for an African Journalist Reporting Tour to China 2015.
African journalists from across the continent are invited to apply for the Reporting Tour, which is scheduled for 28 October to 7 November 2015. Five African journalists will be selected for the Tour, for which the China-Africa Reporting Project will provide airfares, accommodation, and other related expenses.
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KAS Media Africa Scholarship
KAS Media Africa is offering two scholarships for promising, young (under 30) sub-Saharan African journalists to do a full-time Honours or Masters Degree at the University of Witwatersrand’s Journalism Programme in Johannesburg.
The scholarship includes:
- One return flight to Johannesburg
- A monthly stipend of 7 000 ZAR (split into a payment of approx. 4 000 ZAR and the accommodation fee for student housing)
- Coverage of study fees
- A one-time payment of 2 500 ZAR for study material
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