Kevin Ritchie is a seasoned former newspaper editor and current media consultant. He writes the Carping Point column appearing weekly in the Saturday Star.
Tony Howard - Former Deputy Chairman Independent Media
The brief was simple, take a vehicle built in South Africa and showcase it to the continent. And thus Nissan’s Daring Africa 2024 was born.
Times have changed, but papers survive; on less money, far less staff and far greater pressure than ever before.
South Africans might quibble about Rassie Erasmus’s selections, but for most he can do no wrong.
Onselling electricity, at inflated prices to consumers with no other option.
This week, Parliament found Cele’s behaviour had been unbecoming of his office.
Cyberbullies need to be unmasked and dragged into the daylight to be publicly shamed and prosecuted.
The documentary is horrifying on so many levels.
Whatever the case, it’s a marketing godsend for Checkers.
The Hawks raided a Cash-in-Transit gang base in Makhado, Limpopo.
We have our own general elections scheduled for next year and it isn’t going to be pretty.
The BRICS conference showed us that the government can actually organise the proverbial piss-up in a brewery and rather well too.
The decision is in direct contrast to world rugby’s campaign to cut down head injuries and foul play.
Erasmus pioneered the bomb squad five years ago in Japan and then took on world rugby over the standard of refereeing.
The truth is there is not a white genocide underway - yet.
This week, those eight officers have been held in custody, trying increasingly desperately to get bail.
It is an untenable situation. It’s lawless.
The children of the Harvest Centre Blessing School in downtown Brakpan on Gauteng’s East Rand have reason to smile after the completion of a brand new classroom.
We don’t need international examples of what can go wrong; we have our own tragedies.
The president should have bodyguards and maybe the deputy, but not the numbers they do.
Each time a problem appears to be being addressed, another crops up.
Perhaps the most significant lesson would have been that he was safe in two capitals of countries at war.
We need a sense of humour these days, but it’s wearing thin.
Today the risk of grid failure and social meltdown is now so great that SASRIA has opted out – and everyone’s followed suit.
McKaiser had an opinion on just about everything and he would make sure you knew it.
