by Franz Kruger | Oct 29, 2008 | Ethics
Speakers at the Power Reporting Workshop at Wits University have told remarkable stories of how they went undercover in pursuit of the truth, writes Anton Harber in Business Day. They include Guenter Wallraff, the German investigative reporter who, among...
by Franz Kruger | Sep 22, 2008 | Ethics
The implications of Judge Chris Nicholson's judgment for the media are clear, writes Ranjeni Munusamy in the Mail & Guardian. The political conspiracy against ANC president Jacob Zuma was there for all to see, but the country's journalists chose not to...
by Franz Kruger | Sep 17, 2008 | Ethics
Cartoonists belong in the tradition of court jesters and iimbongi, who have a licence to push the boundaries in order to speak truth to power, writes Mail & Guardian ombud Franz Kruger in the newspaper. He was discussing the furore around the...
by Franz Kruger | Sep 17, 2008 | Ethics
The Zapiro cartoon showing ANC president Jacob Zuma about to rape Lady Justice debases Zuma's humanity, and is a "recycling of the age-old racist stereotype about the uncontrollable, sex-crazed black male", writes Xolela Mangcu in Business Day. Xolela...
by Franz Kruger | Sep 10, 2008 | Ethics
Zapiro's cartoon accusing Jacob Zuma of raping the justice system is vulgar, and misrepresents the situation, writes sipho Seepe in Business Day. Zuma has never refused to appear in court, and is using legal means to fight his case, as is his...
by Franz Kruger | Sep 7, 2008 | Ethics
In order to do their job, journalists need to keep faith with their audiences, writes editor Mondli Makhanya in his column in the Sunday Times. In a week when the paper ran a front-page article backing away from a much-criticised report that Transnet had sold a...
