by Franz Kruger | Jun 17, 2009 | Ethics
A newspaper's use of a file picture of children's corpses to illustrate a report on a new biography of President Paul Kagame is a disgrace, writes The New Times in an editorial. The image is not authentic, and feeds directly into negative stereotypes of...
by Claire Lowen | Jun 4, 2009 | Ethics
After being sacked from the Sunday Times for an allegedly racist column, David Bullard speaks to Gill Moodie of Grubstreet about why he apologised to Jacob Zuma, and how tough it's been to rebuild his reputation. Despite famously shutting down his blog when with...
by Franz Kruger | May 27, 2009 | Ethics
It appears that Botswana president Ian Khama intends to sue a newspaper for linking him to an assassination. But, asks Mmegi in an editorial, should a president go to court in this way? After all, he himself is protected from legal action. Mmegi writes in an...
by Franz Kruger | May 6, 2009 | Ethics
The media have failed spectacularly to highlight the abuse of power now exposed to have been the work of the opponents of Jacob Zuma, writes Vusi Mona in Business Day. Vusi Mona writes in Business Day: WHEN major corporate scandals are exposed, shareholders often ask:...
by Franz Kruger | Apr 2, 2009 | Ethics
The spotlight has turned into the financial media, and how they failed to report the warning signs ahead of the current financial crisis, writes Anton Harber in Business Day. Should they serve the market, or the wider public interest? And do they know enoughbout the...
by Franz Kruger | Mar 19, 2009 | Ethics
In its ruling on the reporting of divorce cases, the Constitutional Court has tried to balance individual rights to privacy with the right to freedom of expression, writes Business Day in an editorial. The problem is that in allowing that the identities of the...
