Angola gets sport paper

The first edition for Angola of the Portuguese sport newspaper "A Bola" is to be released, according to a report on the news agency Angop. Speaking to Angop on Sunday, A Bola director, Victor Serpa, said that on Tuesday there will be held in Luanda...

Union blames sales chief for SABC's money woes

New allegations of financial impropriety have rocked the SABC, days after the corporation announced it was almost R800-million in the red and planning to ask the government to guarantee loans estimated at up to R2-billion, writes Edwin Naidu in the Sunday Independent....

SABC axes Miyeni

Controversial SAfm presenter Eric Miyeni has been booted from the airwaves for allegedly inciting xenophobia and using hate speech during one of his shows, writes Candice bailey in the Saturday Star. Miyeni was taken off air last week for discussing black-on-black...

Misa official joins politics

The national director of the Media Institute of Southern Africa in Malawi (Namisa) is joining politics, writes Sam Makaka for journalism.co.za. Innocent Chitosi claims he has been requested by the people in his area to become a Member of Parliament....

We're not broke, says SABC

The SABC unveiled a financial turnaround strategy yesterday, revealing that it expected a loss of R784m for the financial year which ends this month, writes Jocelyn Newmarch in Business Day. It plans to turn this into a R55m profit next year, with a 3% reduction in...

Study finds major training need in Tanzania

A training needs assessment by the Media Council of Tanzania (MCT) has identified a large need for training among the country's media practitioners, writes Dennis Itumbi. According to a report on the MCT website, the study showed that all cadres in the media,...