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The state of media freedom in South Africa is healthy. According to the latest Freedom of the World 2024 findings by Freedom House...

In 1992, two years before the end of apartheid, Nelson Mandela bemoaned the state of South Africa’s print media. He

There is much to celebrate about the critical role the media have played in 30 years of democracy. But challenges remain.

We’re a world away from Black Wednesday 1977, but the powerful are still trying to shut up the media in 2023.

Theuns Eloff writes on how to evaluate the different parties as we head towards the 2024 elections

One cannot fail to note the cluster of white Afrikaners who seemingly find themselves in the trenches fighting off a criminal siege of the power utility. And some are fighting among themselves too.

David Niddrie’s impact on the South African media landscape – and on the country's politics – was both profound and revolutionary. 

Muhammad Asif Hafeez of Pakistan is jailed in the UK and wanted in the US in a sprawling drugs case to which South Africa is central.

Dawood Ibrahim is one of India’s most wanted terror suspects and is accused of working with the Taliban. An Al Jazeera exposé places him in this country during Jacob Zuma’s presidency – and in State Capture circles.

In November, alleged drug kingpin Edin ‘Tito’ Gacanin was arrested in Dubai in a global crackdown and the Netherlands wanted him sent there. Instead, he was freed amid claims that the extradition paperwork wasn’t correct. This case mirrors that of the Guptas.