Dear President, We gather that on Friday, 19 October 2018 you will be meeting with the South African National Editors Forum (SANEF), the leaders of our media fraternity. There may be some who regard the traditional media instruments being less…

Of the epoch-making events in our country’s history, President Nelson Mandela’s statement from the dock in the 1964 Rivonia trial is widely accepted to be amongst the finest examples of political oratory of the 20th century. Although its powerful denouement,…

It is now more than twenty years since the adoption of the 1996 White Paper on Science and Technology. Though the country has shown good progress in the implementation of the 1996 White Paper, however, South Africa has yet to…

A historic milestone in the partnership between government, labour, business and community has yielded a broad range of measures to create and protect jobs – and bring hope and opportunity to South Africans who need it the most. This past…