Journalism at the DFA was as real as it will ever get.
President Ramaphosa at the State Capture Inquiry: It’s going to be lit. Or will it?
So, after much gnashing of teeth and harrumphing.
A year in lockdown: The new normal is no closer than it ever was
In the old days, the suburban daggakoppe used to buy their bankies on petrol station forecourts, but suddenly blue-rinsed gogos were getting their illicit fags the same way.
Week of the blood and gore sideshow
How do you manage bad news, or no news?
Painful consequences for the seven deadly sins on social media
There seems to be some sort of cognitive dissonance, as if social media is a safe space with no recriminations nor consequences.
After 15 years of evasion, Zuma will finally get his day in the dock
He’ll be tried for the same crime of corruption that his erstwhile financial adviser Schabir Shaik was charged with and then sentenced to 15 years in jail by Judge Hilary Squires.
For a celebrated purveyor of truth, Jacques Pauw lied to suit his own narrative
There’s an old adage in journalism; when you get it wrong, apologise quickly, prominently and sincerely.
SA hates lies and deceit – and seems to hate honesty too
When Zweli Mkhize announced on Sunday night that the first million doses of Astra Zeneca wouldn’t work on the ‘South African” variant, the response was as torrential as it was intemperate. When he announced in the next breath that the vaccine was set to expire in a couple of months’ time; the haters went intoContinue reading “SA hates lies and deceit – and seems to hate honesty too”
Booze ban: a cop-out for the real issues
The rationale for closing beaches and banning booze sales was to prevent a breakdown in social distancing.
Money to be made in hate
Social media should ban more people for spewing hatred and fomenting racism of any hue, instead their followers are complaining that their democratic rights are being abused.
Kevin Ritchie 