When the watchdog lost its bark. The DA must never forget that regardless of its ambitions to govern South Africa, it is an opposition party, with a mandate from its voters to hold the government and the ruling party vigilantly to account. Its clearly defined vision of an Open Opportunity Society for All, and the values which flow from this, should guide its response to every piece of legislation that appears in parliament. That while it strongly values redress, it believes t.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009. The Last Call of the Sea. Wednesday, September 30, 2009. Writing for a newspaper in Johannesburg you digest many weird crime stories. Had me grinning with glee as I typed it up yesterday morning.

World Press Freedom Day 2018. UNESCO will lead the 25th celebration of World Press Freedom Day 2018. No one should expect a Twitter Revolution in sub-Saharan Africa at least for now.

Panelists discuss controversial herbicide last growing season, share changes this year.

International issues, as viewed from South Africa, are also covered. Monday, November 03, 2008. Arriving back in cell phone coverage, and reconnected to my internet access, I discover that a couple of things have happened since my departure.

Learning and Wisdom in the 21st Century. Tuesday, September 8, 2015. Neliswa Fente, Mandela Washington Fellow 2015, interviewed by Mark Turpin. Thursday, April 2, 2015. Communities of Practice for Young Professional People in Joburg. In Johannesburg, we are setting up our 2nd Community of Practice for Young Professionals. Contact me for more information! Monday, June 2, 2014. The changing world of work. Thursday, May 15, 2014.

Journalism, the media and politics. I was given a little booklet by Statistics South Africa entitled. And a very useful little document is is too. Hardly bigger than a Kindle screen, it contains in its 200-odd pages a wealth of statistical data on South Africa, from economic statistics to tourism figures.

Lo ngumzabalazo wengqondo, hayi izigalo. Reggae and dancehall and culture. Hyperlocal news at its best. Selekta Jah Crucial mix 2009. South African reggae artist did not go to an endless slumber this year, they were toiling out in the studio, composing, recording and perfoming. Cape town ites did not disapoint as usual.

South Africa - Politics, Society, Culture. Monday, November 14, 2011. Taal debate at Stellenbosch a step backwards. The new South Africa? I have been tracking developments among Afrikaners since 2001. With apartheid gone, I wondered where had the strong and powerful ethnic nationalism gone? Nationalist and ethnic fervour - vanished into thin air? In place of the necessary soul searching and how the need to understand how apartheid exclusion continues today, Afrikaners as a minority and as the implied vic.

Exploring the changing landscape of global investigative journalism. Speaking truth to power is an Asian value. Liang Qichao founded the newspaper Shibao in Shanghai in 1904. In 1989, when my colleagues and I formed the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism.