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America first: US President Donald Trump’s administration’s broader engagement with the Middle East has been, to put it charitably, a study in contrasts, says the writer. Photo: The White House

Hollywood keeps foretelling same script as history

Donald Trump is not Harry Truman, 2026 is not 1945 and Iran is emphatically not Japan

Errol Musk’s distorted views form a coherent narrative rooted in a long
tradition of racial anxiety; the belief that white dominance is the normal
state of the world, and that anything else signals decline. Photo: CNN
screenshot

Errol Musk and apartheid amnesia

The truly astonishing part of Musk’s interview was his insistence that apartheid did not oppress Black people because he personally did not witness any oppression

Former US president Donald Trump. File photo

Has Trump emerged stronger after the town hall session?

Turning his political vulnerabilities into punchlines and cheers at the event, he showed the daunting challenge his Republican rivals face

Can they believe him? A couple watch Vladimir Putin on TV in their home in Luzki near Moscow. Putin has blocked access to foreign news outlets and FaceBook and enacted a law to punish anyone spreading ‘false information’ about Russia’s war on Ukraine. Photo: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP

False propaganda offends human dignity

Russia Today convinced me that Vladimir Putin is a liar and a power-hungry empire builder

(John McCann/M&G)

Khaya Sithole: Trump’s mantra of ‘fake news’ harmed media

Viewers and readers need to trust that news outlets are accurate, balanced, fair and impartial

(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

Homecoming: Quarantine chronicles

Fourteen days of quarantine in a Centurion hotel may be tedious, but for Kate Bartlett, there are plenty of laughs with new friends

Protestors raise placards in front of Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park.  (Chika Oduah)

America’s ‘Black Mecca’ rallies against racist police brutality

Known as a hub of revolution during the Civil Rights Movement, Atlanta has once again been at the forefront of police brutality protests in the US

US President Joe Biden. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Biden bids to quell storm over campaign trail kiss

The New York Post ran a gallery of photographs of Biden’s "most touchy-feely moments," embracing and kissing women at public events over the years

CNN’s documentary ‘Troubled Waters: Inside the child slavery trade’ is part of its Freedom Project. (Screenshot via YouTube)

How CNN reported on ‘child slaves’ who were not really enslaved

Despite what a recent CNN documentary claims, there is no pervasive child slavery problem in Ghana’s Lake Volta region

Members of the search and rescue team carry dismembered parts of passengers bodies at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town of Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Reuters/Tiksa Negeri)

The racist reaction to the Ethiopian Airlines crash was all too predictable

Once again, Africans have been reminded that some deaths, and thus lives, are more important than others

Governments are also increasingly trying to make the use of online services and social media more difficult generally. (Reuters)

Nigerian political parties are weaponising fake news

According to new research, the volume of disinformation and fake news in the run-up to the Nigerian election is unprecedented

By embracing the values of truth, accountability, innovation and the power of independent journalism, African media can become a beacon of hope, illuminating the path towards a more prosperous and transparent society. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Selling Africa’s good news stories

Low pay and precarious work conditions for most African journalists lead many to seek work with Western news outlets

Last week, CNN contributor Marc Lamont Hill delivered a speech at the ?United Nations? in support of Palestinian self-determination and equal rights. Less than 24 hours later, CNN was done with him. (CNN screenshot)

The six words that got Marc Lamont Hill fired from CNN

Hill’s dismissal highlights how pro-Israel lobbying groups control the US discourse on Palestine and Israel

In the Friday ruling, Washington, DC, District Court Judge Timothy Kelly restored Jim Acosta’s credentials temporarily while a CNN lawsuit against the administration proceeded. (Reuters)

White House to restore pass of CNN’s Acosta, but issues warning

CNN declares victory after White House said it’d restore reporter’s credentials after revoking them earlier this month

Get the picture: Despite criticism, online ‘big boys’ such as Mark Zuckerberg’s (centre) Facebook and Google, pose threats to new media because they put commercial interests above journalistic independence. (Leah Millis/Reuters)

Cyberbullies a threat to new media

Independent journalism needs protection from self-censorship and commercial pressures

US President Donald Trump points at CNN’s Jim Acosta and accuses him of “fake news” while taking questions during a news conference following Tuesday’s midterm congressional elections at the White House in Washington, US. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

CNN sues over barring of reporter, White House vows vigorous defence

The row on live national television and Jim Acosta’s resulting banishment triggered a wave of accusations that Trump is stifling the free press

Joe Biden (AFP)

De Niro, Biden latest suspected targets as Trump slams media

A spree of suspicious packages and pipe bombs have been sent to opponents of Donald Trump as he lashed out at the media for stirring up "anger"

A member of the New York Police Department bomb squad is pictured outside the Time Warner Center in the Manhattan borough of New York City after a suspicious package was found inside the CNN Headquarters in New York. (Kevin Coombs/Reuters)

Mail bombs to US political figures, media: What we know

The first bomb was discovered on Monday in a mailbox at the New York home of billionaire financier and Democratic Party supporter George Soros

This scanner enables research and applications that will result in more effective and safer treatment of cancer in the future, says Professor Anne Grobler

Uber updates sexual assault policy

This comes after a CNN exposé detailing 103 unique sexual assault and abuse allegations against Uber

A George businessman has filed a complaint with the Competition Commission against JSE-listed broadcasting giant MultiChoice after the pay television service ramped up its DStv subscription fees

Multichoice opens up bidding for news channel

Naspers-owned MultiChoice announced on January 31 that it was looking for a black-owned media company to replace ANN7’s slot.