by Franz Kruger | Mar 8, 2007 | Media business
The resignation of John Perlman from the SABC shows that the organisation – and the country – is in deep trouble, writes Xolela Mangcu in Business Day. It shows that there is deep insecurity about real public debate. But there is also hope: the...
by Franz Kruger | Feb 27, 2007 | Media business
South Africans may be finally getting it right, according to the journaids blog. If the youth are to be educated about the dangers of unsafe sex resulting in teenage pregnancies, we cannot ask people who practice unsafe sex with teenagers to be ambassadors in the...
by Franz Kruger | Feb 20, 2007 | Media business
Chris Cramer is soon to leave his position at the head of CNN after a decade turning the network into a truly international network, writes Raymond Snoddy in The Independent. But he’s not about to retire. Rather, he has a vision of launching...
by Admin | Feb 19, 2007 | Media business
Denim giant Levi Strauss is taking its Red for Life HIV and AIDS campaign a step further by getting into young people’s pants. Yes, the clothing manufacturer has discarded the “washing and care” instruction labels inside jeans and has replaced them...
by Franz Kruger | Feb 8, 2007 | Media business
This week's state of the nation address by SA President Thabo Mbeki has drawn its share of commentary, even before it's been delivered. The Media Monitoring Project has put forward a list of things it would like to see in the speech. These include the...
by Franz Kruger | Feb 7, 2007 | Media business
The African media could do better in highlighting the continent's good news stories, writes Oscar Kimanuka in the East African. There are plenty of those, and the media should not fall into the Western media trap of concentrating only on the negative. Oscar...
