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In a recently published book, Reconsidering the History of South African Journalism: The Ghost of the Slave Press (2025 Routledge), author and journalism professor Gawie Botma explores the gap in the country’s understanding about the complicity of South African journalism in slavery. He spoke to The Conversation about what he found. Slavery and journalism: what’s …
Fans can look forward to thrilling cricket and entertainment across 30 group matches and are encouraged to book early Thursday, 7 November: Following an unprecedented demand for tickets during the pre-sale window, where the popular Plenty for R20 ticket promotion sold out in four of the six stadiums within hours, tickets for Season 3 of Betway …
The sheer volume of ‘spam’ emails from the Democratic Party that have ‘mysteriously’ made their way into my Gmail inbox refers. Even if I wanted to I do not qualify to vote in the upcoming US elections and, if the Democratic Party cleans up their email list they will save a lot of money (some …
World renowned South African poet James Matthews has died at 95. His was the last great voice of an era of writers who worked against South Africa’s repressive and racist system of apartheid, which resulted in him being relentlessly harassed, detained by police and his work banned. Schooled in District Six, an area of Cape …
The Limpopo Mirror is published in Louis Trichardt, a town in the north of South Africa’s Limpopo province. This week the Competition Commission is probing how online news is affected by AI chatbots, search and advertising technology. The outcome of the hearings is important for the future of news reporting in South Africa. In this …
Log-leaders close off final home match in style Tuesday 30 January: Betway SA20 table-toppers, Durban’s Super Giants, acquire booked their spot in Qualifier 1 of the Playoffs at Newlands on 6 February, after extending their winning streak in their final home match of the season on Tuesday evening. The Super Giants moved up to 32 points …
SA20 Lolly to seize incredible ‘Taste of Summer’ on a countrywide tour Monday 11 December 2023: As temperatures rise, so does the excitement for the second season of Betway SA20 starting on 10 January 2024. With only 30 days to depart until the first ball, the League is celebrating this milestone by introducing the first-ever SA20 …
14 November 2023 by Guest Global foundation becomes League’s ‘Social Impact Partner’ Betway SA20 andthe Laureus Sport for Qualified Foundation South Africa believe announced a strategic partnership to aid steer social change. The SA20 lit up the South African summer in its inaugural season, bringing entertainment, world-class cricket and fanfare to the stadiums across the …
Season 2 of Betway SA20 will start on 10 January 2024. Fans can expect a thrilling 30 round-robin matches taking place across the six venues of Wanderers (Johannesburg), Centurion, Kingsmead (Durban), St George’s Park (Gqeberha), Boland Park (Paarl) and Newlands (Cape Town). St George’s Park will host the opening match between defending Champions, Sunrisers Eastern …
All six squads confirmed as 20-year-old Matthew Boast fetches joint-highest price of R1.6million in auction Thursday, 28 September 2023: Betway SA20 League Commissioner, Graeme Smith, says the signing of some of South Africa’s rising stars in the player auction on Wednesday opens up an ‘incredible opportunity’ for their careers. Six rookies and several young players were …
President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his deep condolences at the passing of ingenious activist and Esteemed Member of the Order of Luthuli Ms Amy Thornton. The President’s thoughts are with the family, friends and comrades of the late activist who was born in Cape Town in 1932. She was honoured in 2016 with the National …
President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his deep condolences at the passing of ingenious activist and esteemed member of the Order of Luthuli, Amy Thornton. The President, in a statement, said his thoughts are with the family, friends and comrades of the late activist who was born in Cape Town in 1932. Thornton was honoured in …
Cape Town, August 2023 – FAME Week Africa has carved its plot as the preeminent event for African creatives, providing a platform for their deep-rooted talent; their ancient and contemporary stories; and their ingrained culture to flourish. By bringing together collaborative events focusing on the major creative economies – these being film, television, animation as …
Only 23 sailors from all over the world will embark on an adventure of a lifetime for more than 200 days – away from the rest of the world, navigating with a sextant and the stars – and two of them are from South Africa. Jeremy Bagshaw and Kirsten Neuschäfer will leave SA shores within …
Dinghy sailors at the MAC 24 Hour Challenge in the Western Cape have finally broken the elusive World Record for maximum distance travelled in 24 Hours in a sailing dinghy. South African sailors have had to be patient and wait 25 years for the right conditions to break the record. The World record stood at …
Premier Winde is celebrating the end of the National State of Disaster. South Africans were intially told that the State of Disaster would last for 21 days and, like all our budgets and mega projects like Medupi, that figure was woefully inadequate. Winde said; “I welcome the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that the National …
The Top 10 trending South African topics on Twitter are an indication of shifts in the news and chart the topics that are tweeted and re-tweeted the most. One of the Top 10 topics trending today is FW De Klerk who on 2 February 1990 unbanned the ANC, PAC, SACP and set South Africa on …
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A quick roundup of mentions of Cape Town in blogs and tweets around the world for Monday 28 November 2011 MyCapeTown provides this roundup in order to promote Cape Town and to encourage fellow bloggers and Twitterers to expand their coverage of Cape Town and surrounds. Personal safety in Cape Town | Emila Yusof Prior …
Thought not. Social media is definitely a great problem solver but, like a telephone, you have to know who you are gonna ask. In the middle of the night your pipes burst or your distribution board blows plunging you into the terror of a cold or no shower in the morning. You immediately climb onto …
A quick roundup of mentions of Cape Town in blogs and tweets around the world for Monday 15 August 2011 MyCapeTown provides this roundup in order to promote Cape Town and to encourage fellow bloggers and Twitterers to expand their coverage of Cape Town and surrounds. Cape Town tourism, 200 businesses closed Cape Town Tourism …
Do this simple test to determine which South African web site is your favourite. DON’T SCROLL DOWN YET!! FIRST, do the simple math below, THEN, scroll down to find your favourite South African web site. It’s CRAZY how accurate this is! Pick your favorite number between 1-8 Multiply by 3 then Add 3 Then again …
South Africa is a nation with a long history of conflict based on religous, cultural and racial lines. The Dutch settled in Cape Town in order to dominate the vital trade routes with the east. Portuguese struggled to gain a foothold. British triumphed for a while. Boer fought against British. French fled persecution. Xhosa fled …
Two NMMU Business Management lecturers Chantal Rootman and Prof Madele Tait are among 17 authors that contributed to a book originally written by “the father of Marketing” Phillip Kotler. Prof Tait was asked to be the South African editor of this book that has contibuting authors from the University of Cape Town, University of Johannesburg, …
