Chaos erupted at the 54th National Conference moments before the newly appointed president of the African National Conference addressed media at the Progressive Business Forum stalls. This followed over an hour wait for the first media address by Cyril Ramaphosa as the 14th president of the ruling party, frustrated members[…]
On Saturday, 30th September, all roads will lead to the Baxter Theatre where some of South Africa’s inspiring leaders will share their recipe of success at the AccidentalMuslims.com Leadership Conference, themed “Live with Purpose.” AccidentalMuslims.com is a movement whereby current and future leaders, in their respective professional and social fields,[…]
By Yaseen Kippie “Whether Marwan Barghouti sneaking snacks in during his hunger strike is trivial to such a degree that the fact that it’s on American newspapers tells you something about the power of Israeli public relations to control the narrative,” – Robert Jensen It is easily noticed that the[…]
By Ramzy Baroud I fear that many of us are hating Donald Trump for the wrong reasons. Multitudes are being swayed by mainstream media-inspired demonization of the new US president, based on selective assumptions and half-truths. US mainstream media, which rarely deviates from supporting the American government’s conduct, however reckless,[…]
SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng wonders whether privately-owned media has an agenda against the public broadcaster. He did not believe the SABC was censoring content and it reported the news as it was, he told journalists at its Auckland Park head office on Tuesday. He was happy people in the SABC[…]
Denying the media access to the Nkandla disciplinary inquiry was wrong, Judge Piet Koen ruled in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Friday. He upheld the applications by Media24, Times Media Group and the M&G to attend the inquiry. “The media are duty bound to report with vigour, courage, integrity and[…]
EFF leader Julius Malema says the media unfairly project his party as violent, when the ruling ANC should instead take the mantle as a violent political party. Malema was addressing journalists at the party’s national list conference for local government election candidates in Midrand on Monday. Calling out the media,[…]
As the Palestinian death toll continues to rise in the latest round of clashes in the occupied territories, it seems mainstream media continues to portray the Palestinians as the instigators of this violence. Yesterday, Israeli forces shot and killed two more Palestinians, following fourteen days of violence that have already[…]
The media and the ANC might not always agree, but there is consensus on the question of erasing criminal defamation from the country’s common law. “We were very pleased in April when we discovered that the ANC actually expressed a view that criminal defamation doesn’t belong in the criminal sphere[…]
“You don’t speak Arabic? What kind of terrorist are you?” This line was delivered during a popular, prime-time US television show about a family of cops working in New York City. One of the main characters was interrogating a Muslim suspect following a failed bombing attempt. This line was heard[…]
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