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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.

Dr Iqbal Survé. (Lerato Maduna/Foto24)

Editorial independence is sacred

Last Friday, several titles in the Independent stable published front-page reports, with a “Staff Writer” byline, that smeared journalists

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Spooky! It was the goofy lad

There was a rather odd guy in the accounts department who was not tall and who wore strange round glasses on his face

Survé told the commission that this was the fault of media competitors who sabotaged the listing of Sagarmatha Technologies and “blatantly put negative propaganda in the public space”. (Lerato Maduna/Gallo)

Media professionals respond to ‘Stratcom’ allegations

Media professionals have come out defending themselves on allegations labelling them "Stratcom" agents

Tensions between the media and the EFF reached new heights last week Tuesday after Malema addressed a crowd gathered outside the venue of the commission of inquiry into state capture, in Parktown, Johannesburg.

Sanef ‘deeply concerned’ by ‘Stratcom’ accusations from Indy media

This is the second time in as many weeks that prominent journalists have been called “Stratcom agents” without any proof

Spooked: An ‘influencer’ in KwaZulu-Natal is peddling a story that former president Jacob Zuma

State spies are ever with us

The infiltration of the media did not end with the demise of the apartheid government’s Stratcom operation

A judge may only be impeached if the Judicial Service Commission has found him guilty of gross misconduct.

‘We need to take a critical view of a complicated history’

History can have conflicting narratives and as an audience we do not approach it without our own understanding of it

‘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