Kagiso on the prowl

Kagiso Media plans to increase its broadcasting portfolio by bidding for new radio licences in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape when the regulator invites applications later this year, writes Thabiso Mochiko in Business Report. Kagiso Media owns 80 percent of...

Astor winners named

Three exceptionally promising young journalists from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda have been selected as winners of the 2009 David Astor Journalism Awards, which recognise emerging talent and potential to excel in the profession, according to a media release. The award...

ThisDay goes to New York

ThisDay, Nigeria's international media group, will launch ARISE magazine, the first global style and culture magazine dedicated to African achievements, music, business and politics, at the prestigious Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York, according to a report...

NBC fraud trial postponed

The High Court trial of former Namibian Broadcasting Corporation Director General Gerry Munyama has been postponed for close to seven months because of the withdrawal of Munyama’s defence counsel , writes Werner Menges in The Namibian. Following the...

Media help fight famine

Some 25 East African journalists have climbed Mt Kenya to raise funds for famine relief in Kenya, writes Dennis Itumbi.   The Nation Media group sent the journalists – drawn from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda – to climb the 16 000m mountain. Viewers and...

NBC probes scam

The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation has sent a top-level team to its office in Oshakati to investigate charges of corruption and staff grievances at the satellite office, writes Christof Maletsky in The Namibian. The Namibian established yesterday that the General...