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Should support of an occupying force be considered hate speech?

The furor around the Proteas under-19 captain’s remarks about Israel is not a simple question of free speech

South African Businessman Harry Oppenheimer at Home (Photo by Brooks Kraft LLC/Sygma via Getty Images)

‘Diamonds, Gold and Dynasty’ — An excerpt from Harry Oppenheimer biography

An excerpt from Michael Cardo’s biography of ‘Harry Oppenheimer

Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, the EFF’s national spokesperson. (Katlego Sekgothe/M&G)

Court orders EFF to apologise for Gqubule and Harber ‘StratCom’ claim

The Johannesburg high court says the EFF had brought no evidence to back up the allegation

The report further paints a bleak picture of the treatment of journalists by media houses that are struggling to survive in a hostile economic climate. (Delwyn Verasmay/M&G)

Controversy overshadows annual State of the Newsroom report

Journalists overwhelmed, underpaid, abused and not supported says newsroom report

In October, Sunday Times editor Bongani Siqoko ?issued an apology on the reporting of the Cator Manor killings as more questions were raised on aspects of the story. (Image via Sunday Times)

Sunday Times stripped of journalism award for Cato Manor ‘death squad’ reporting

In 2011, the paper ran a front page story titled "Shoot to Kill" which was authored by Stephan Hoffstatter, Mzilikazi wa Africa and Rob Rose

EFF leader Julius Malema has called on his supporters to “deal with them decisively” with journalists. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

When death goes viral: Q&A with Tarryn Crossman on the multifaceted ways grief mixes with social media

Poster for Timelines – Tarryn Crossman’s new documentary.

‘I will do whatever is necessary so that those people who fight for a vulnerable truth in the face of populism have got money to fund their fights,’ said Thandeka Gqubule. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Journalist gives EFF one week to prove apartheid spy claims, or pay up

Thandeka Gqubule says she has obtained declassified documents proving that Stratcom was spying on her

(John McCann/M&G)

Weekly Mail drew a line on censorship

​In the 1980s, the apartheid state imposed successive states of emergency, including censorship of the media

It was the work of journalists like Gqubule and Mathiane that exposed the state’s full arsenal of dirty tricks

Editorial: It is time that we listen and learn

We find ourselves in a vitriolic debate about our history —who did what, why did they do it, who can be trusted and who sold out

‘I will do whatever is necessary so that those people who fight for a vulnerable truth in the face of populism have got money to fund their fights,’ said Thandeka Gqubule. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Thandeka Gqubule hits back at Stratcom allegations

The journalist has come out guns blazing to clear her name following the recent uproar over her alleged involvement in an apartheid covert operation

Investigative reporter David Beresford saw the big picture

David Beresford was known and admired by his peers for his dedication to the craft of journalism, writes seasoned journalist Anton Harber.

Booker winners: Salman Rushdie and Nadine Gordimer at the United Nations in 2004 for the launch of ‘Telling Tales’

Gordimer: A leader quite prepared to grubby herself in struggle politics

It was 1988, Salman Rushdie had been ‘disinvited’ from the Weekly Mail Book Week and SA literature ­giants were at loggerheads, recalls Anton Harber.

This sales agreement will see Pear­son hold sway over who is appointed editor of Business Day and the Financial Mail.

Pearson holds sway over BDFM editors

Pearson Overseas Holdings has retained the majority say over the hiring and firing of editors at key financial publications

Mampoer flowed at the launch of the website of the same name

Media: The yarn gets a shot in the arm

The receding dominance of print and the pre-eminence of the internet had every writer and reader thinking articles would be reduced to 140 letters.

Mandy Wiener

Six shortlisted for Paton award

Six titles, including Mandy Wiener’s Killing Kebble, have been shortlisted for this year’s Sunday Times Alan Paton Award.

Struggling Cape Argus looks for a gap

Plans afoot to revitalise the historic publication.

After 1994 political commentators should have been wise to the likelihood that corruption would become a blight on our new democracy.

Whose story is it anyway?

<i>Diepsloot</i> could open much-needed discussion on whites writing about the black condition.

Diepsloot: The book

Diepsloot: The book

Apartheid-style housing in a post-apartheid township: <strong>Anton Harber</strong> talks to the <em>M&G</em> about his book, <i>Diepsloot</i>.

‘The worst crime in journalism is dullness’

Anton Harber, co-founder of <i>The Weekly Mail</i>, now the <i>Mail & Guardian</i>, answers 10 questions as the <i>M&G</i> celebrates 20 years.

Loxion kulcha: Soweto TV takes the lead

The only fixed-line telephone for the first community television station in South Africa to get a year-long broadcasting licence is hidden away in an outdoor broadcasting van for…