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Robots as reporters? Il Foglio's daring AI newspaper experiment reveals surprising successes, embarrassing failures, and a crucial lesson about what truly makes journalism valuable in the digital age.
Johan du Plessis wrapped up a 22-year career as editor of Kimberley’s iconic Diamond Fields Advertiser (DFA), crowning a 32-year career at the Northern Cape publication.
For many South Africans, particularly in peri-urban communities, platforms like WhatsApp are popular for local news, with users participating in community groups for updates.
News coverage plays a crucial role in shaping our beliefs, opinions, and actions, substantially affecting how we view domestic and global issues, writes Dr Reneva Fourie.
The move follows a decision by the Press Council denying the publication the right to appeal a ruling over an Edmond Phiri opinion piece, which Sunday Independent says ‘sets a dangerous precedent by policing opinions that challenge the dominant liberal media narrative’.
Our liberation came at a great cost. We cannot allow powerful interests to strip us of the freedoms so many fought for, writes Independent Media and IOL Executive Chairman Dr Iqbal Survé.
Independent Newspapers’ reliance on advertising and circulation revenue, coupled with its lack of access to loans or banking facilities, places the business in a precarious financial position.
US propaganda in Africa continues to escalate, demanding that more African countries take up the challenge and confront this scourge head-on, writes Gillian Schutte.
An initiative by Independent Media and IOL will see a series of articles and multimedia content that will expose glaring threats to our democracy.
Independent Media chairman Dr Iqbal Survé has reiterated the company's commitment to media freedom and the rights of opinion writers after an inaccurate and defamatory report in the Daily Maverick
Maughan and Riefenstahl are in the same WhatsApp group, cut from the same cloth, although at different historical times. One used film to manipulate public opinion, whilst the other used journalism as a cover for her vile anti-black sophisticated propaganda, says the writer.
The admission by the banks not only raises profound concerns about the transparency and fairness of banking practices, says the writer.
Today, reporting by media titles under Naspers does not seem to have deviated from its old apartheid past, especially the interlink between media, politics, and society, says the writer.
The Sekunjalo Group moves to launch an urgent application at the Constitutional Court, following the ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeals.
Lagardien’s opinion piece suggests Independent Media’s editors have no editorial freedom and are incapable of thinking for themselves, an idea Independent Media Editor-in-Chief Aziz Hartley finds ludicrous.
While no nation is without challenges, Rwanda's achievements are not merely numbers on a page, says the writer.
In an online interview conducted by Inayet Wadee of Salaamedia with PSCU secretary-general Tahir Maepa, it was affirmed that the legal success extends beyond a corporate win, says the writer.
Judgment by the Equality Court sitting in the Western Cape High Court will be delivered later this week.
South Africa’s largest newspaper company, which publishes titles including the Cape Argus, Daily Voice and The Star, will hear on Tuesday whether the court will grant an interdict to prevent Standard Bank from closing its bank accounts, as well as those of 30 other companies in the Sekunjalo Group.
Sekunjalo Group chairman Iqbal Surve decried bullying by those in control of the financial institutions such as the banks in the country for using their influence on the banks to isolate and shut bank accounts of those they do not like
Sekunjalo Chairman Dr Iqbal Survé showed his lighter side, sharing some personal anecdotes during his Podcast and Chill appearance which premiered on Thursday.
The Sunday Independent wishes to extend condolences to the Rhoode family for their loss. We have noted the complaint from Lynn Abrahams on the manner in which the death of Wally Rhoode’s son Warren was reported.
At no stage has Dr I. Survé sacrificed his dignity and his integrity to launch a malicious attack on anybody, not least on someone he has never met or did not know at all, writes Masibongwe Sihlahla.
The local court has ruled that the owner of the ram, Duony Manyang Dhal, will also have to hand over five cows to the victim's family, reported ndtv. com.
Newspaper sellers were once a dime a dozen on Cairo's bustling streets, but now the vendors hawking hot-off-the-press editions have fallen almost silent.