Sanef has urged stakeholders, including government, corporates and individual citizens, to support the embattled media industry. Primedia is the latest media house to announce possible retrenchments. The South African National Editors' Forum has raised concerns about the growing number of publications announcing job cuts amid the Covid-19 pandemic.The forum has appealed to stakeholders, the government and…
Unisa's language policy to remove Afrikaans teaching in 2016 was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Appeal.The court found that Unisa "failed to establish that it was not reasonably practicable to continue offering tuition in Afrikaans".Here is why the court ruled Unisa's language policy to remove Afrikaans unconstitutional, but constitutional at UFS and US.The…
'That's when I realised I was going to get a hiding' - journalist on alleged ordeal with FS policeHe took the picture, planning ahead to include it in an article. "I was going to ask them, 'How are you doing?'," he said.However, he said, one of the police officers responded with a deeply offensive swear…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…