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Reg Rumney is a research associate in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University where he founded the South African Reserve Bank Centre for Economics Journalism. He is a writer and teacher of economics journalism, corporate social responsibility and media management, and a former business editor of the Mail & Guardian.
With changing business models, critical, independent news media need to balance a multiplicity of revenue sources with finding and keeping audiences
Does the SABC prioritise profit or purpose?
A project in North West is reintroducing an indigenous breed of cattle to the rural farming areas.
The founder of the M&G Investing in the Future Awards, reports on how they have kept pace with the changes in corporate social responsibility.
Mvela group’s offer to buy media firm has sparked fears of greater political interference, writes Reg Rumney.
Media companies make headlines with their poor scores in BEE ownership, writes <b>Reg Rumney</b>
Ownership targets still trump other aspects of transformation, which could remove the advantages for small business.
It was unfortunate that BEE was seen as a matter of compliance rather than as a strategic issue, and the compliance mindset needs to change.
There’s merit in Angloplat’s role in blocking the sale to Impala.
The government’s resentment is not only about ownership but also about control, whatever that means.
Defining black ownership is a complex business, as the JSE’s contradictory figures have shown.
Arcelor deals might be legal and even in line with ‘old-fashioned’ BEE practices, so why the fuss?
The formerly disadvantaged will be able to pick up shares at an 80% discount.
The company illustrates the poor record of parastatals in black economic empowerment at the ownership level.
The company’s black workers and trusts are the beneficiaries in a vendor-financed scheme that sees them getting a 25% share of the company.
A new MTN deal lights a spark of hope that all the big BEE transactions may not be over yet.
The value of black empowerment deals this year so far, is less than half that of 2008.
One big difference between the Vodacom retail offering and that of Sasol is that there is no option to buy shares outright for cash.
The Public Investment Corporation has supplied the money for two of the biggest disinvestments from South Africa since the apartheid era.
The bid by Koni Media to buy Avusa, formerly Johncom, has highlighted a long-time BEE fascination with newspapers. From a business point of view, there are other lucrative and…
