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Naspers accelerates growth, with 5X improvement in adjusted EBIT

“Innovation and reinvention are in our DNA and essential to our success.” – Fabricio Bloisi, Group CEO, Naspers

Racist reward: Legendary golfer Gary Player is not only known for his sporting prowess, but also for utterances and behaviour that appeared to have supported apartheid. (Edward Beresford Golding/Fairfax )

A Player in apartheid gets award

South Africa’s legendary golfer, who is said to have aided the past regime, is honoured by Trump

Media24 and HuffPost to end SA partnership

Media24 and HuffPost to end SA partnership

The companies launched HuffPost SA as a partnership in November 2016

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28 media companies in the dock for cartel conduct

Dstv, Media 24, Mail and Guardian, SABC, Primedia among those fingered

Sekunjalo Investment Holdings has announced that it has taken ownership of the South African Press Association

Sekunjalo announces ownership of Sapa archives

Sekunjalo Investment Holdings, a founding member of the African News Agency (ANA), announced on Friday that it has ownership of Sapa’s archives.

War of words between publishers

An unusual intellectual property law case has kicked off in the Cape Town High Court.

Sekunjalo Investment Holdings has announced that it has taken ownership of the South African Press Association

Knock-and-drop case is big news

The outcome of a newspaper dispute is expected to set a precedent on predatory pricing practices.

Sapa

Newspaper skirmish draws blood

Media24 says killing off a rival in the Free State using predatory price-cutting wasn’t its main goal.

Media24 and reused content: Is it killing journalism?

The outcome of MoneyWeb’s plagiarism case against Media24 will be a turning point for media houses and news aggregators in South Africa.

Independent Newspapers stands by its editors’ decision to attend the ANC’s anniversary celebrations in party regalia and rejects Max du Preez’s reasons for leaving.

South Africa’s (political) media landscape

The New Age, ANN7, and now new owners at the Independent Group. SA’s media landscape is changing – and this is why it matters.

Shake-up for newspaper groups

Caxton raises stake in Times Media

The acquisition of Mvelaphanda’s shares has led to speculation about a revival of merger plans.

Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir and three others are to appear in court to be charged with the murder of businessman Sam Issa.

Newspapers take ban on Krejcir’s appeals to ConCourt

The media have gone straight to the top in its bid to gain access to the refugee status appeal hearing of Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir.

ANC president Jacob Zuma.

Media24 wants Zuma claims withdrawn

Two newspapers want President Jacob Zuma to withdraw three damages claims of R5-million each against them, their lawyer Willem de Klerk has said.

The SABC is probably the only public broadcaster in the world with such a wide-ranging public broadcast mandate that is almost completely funded by the private sector.

Commercial TV elbows aside community interests

Historically, South Africa’s airwaves have been under democratic control. Now they are being captured by big business.

Media24-Witness merger has onerous small print

The strict conditions applied to Media24’s acquisition of The Witness by the Competition Tribunal reinforces concerns about the deal.

KZN’s Witness acquisition probed

KZN’s Witness acquisition probed

Media24’s proposed purchase of KwaZulu-Natal’s <em>The Witness</em> is being scrutinised for anticompetitive effects by the Competition Commission.

Government was kind enough to spend some of our money selling the Protection of State Information Bill to us. Here’s a translation of what they really meant.

Boekehuis: The final chapter

Boekehuis has recently been threatened with closure by it Media24. M&G speaks to Mark Gevisser about what makes Boekehuis different from other bookshops.

Terre’Blanche trial: Judgement in media application expected

Media houses will hear on Thursday if it will be granted access to the murder trial of right-winger Eugene Terre’Blanche

Zuma, Rapport settle defamation claim out of court

Rapport newspaper said on Wednesday it was satisfied with an out-of-court settlement reached with African National Congress president Jacob Zuma over a defamation and injuria…