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Radio in South Africa marks 100 years of shaping identity and resistance

This is an edited extract from My Radio Memory: Listening to the Listener, which is edited by Robin Sewlal, with articles by 100 contributors. This one is by the journalist,…

One final honk

The 200th edition of Converse is also its last: a swansong timed to coincide with South Africa’s National Press Freedom Day.

Getting to the heart of free speech

What do the following have in common: A cartoon about rape, a song about killing boers, and a photo mash-up of teachers and gay bodybuilders.

Losing Mandela, but winning a second liberation

Many people don’t want to talk about it. Newspapers have been hammered for featuring an artist’s musings on it.

Tribunal seems like an easy ANC victory, but here’s the lie

Faced with mega-messes in education and joblessness, the ANC conference this week thought it could make easy headway with regard to media freedom.

How the ANC can break the press impasse

The ANC’s control-oriented steps have unleashed an even greater cacophony. So where to from here for the ruling party?

Press freedom: From daylight to nightmare?

Pinch me, somebody! Are the unprecedented protests by newspaper editors unnecessary hysteria? Is the press watchdog crying wolf?

Stealing World Cup coverage

Hundreds of thousands of viewers will be watching the World Cup kick-off on a pirate basis, and there’s not much that Fifa can do about it.

Inside Invictus: What the story suggests

This isn’t a movie for rugby nuts. All you need is a soft spot for letting a classic narrative lead you through an epic and emotional journey.