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31 August 2010
Who's up, who's down and what's happening to newspapers and magazines Read more »
23 August 2010
The Faculty of Humanities at Wits University and the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ) invite the media and the public to a debate on the ANC’s proposed Media Appeals Tribunal (MAT) Read more »
19 August 2010
Could this be a sign that Government is backing down on, or at least thinking rationally about, plans for a Media Appeals Tribunal and Protection of Information Bill? Read more »
19 August 2010
Raise your objection to the proposed Media Tribunal Bill, restrictive clauses in the Protection of Information Bill and the manner in which Mzilikazi wa Afrika was arrested by signing our petition to President Jacob Zuma Read more »
19 August 2010
The inaugural Mail&Guardian Johannesburg Literary Festival will be held from Friday 3 September to Sunday 5 September 2010 at 44 Stanley Avenue in Melville Read more »
17 August 2010
Edited by Shaun de Waal with a foreword by Trevor Ncube, this collectors' piece took Sandra Gordon back to weekends long past Read more »
06 August 2010
What are the dailies doing to stay afloat, asks Tanya Farber Read more »
05 August 2010
Sunday newspaper, the Sunday Independent, has been ordered by the Deputy Press Ombudsman of the Press Council of South Africa to publish an apology towards the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) “for possible harm caused to the SABC” by the article it published on 28 February 2010, headlined ‘SABC told to drop Malema story’ Read more »
04 August 2010
The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) notes with interest the arrest this morning of Sunday Times journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika at the newspapers’ offices in Rosebank. The forum reserves comment on the merits or demerits of the arrest until such time as it obtains clarity on the matter, especially on the reasons for the very public arrest Read more »
30 July 2010
Only a week after its decision to stop selling Cape daily 'Son' in its stores, giant retailer Pick n Pay has reinstated the newspaper Read more »
 
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