Deshnee Subramany and Mmanaledi Mataboge from Mail & Guardian discuss a former ANN7 editor who says he fears for his life. They discuss allegations of political interference at ANN7, threats against staff and secret meetings between Jacob Zuma and Atul Gupta.
Sarah Evans from Mail & Guardian discusses why the navy believes the country needs its multi billion-rand frigates, and what developments we can expect.
The CEO of AOL, Tim Armstrong held a conference call with 1,000 employees this last week to discuss the restructuring of AOL’s hyper-local news service, Patch. During the conference call an employee named Abel Lenz decided to commemorate the moment by taking a picture. He was fired for that.
The long weekend is upon us. Which means that a braai looms imminently in your future. Or drinks. Or something, look, I don’t know what it is you do for fun. What I do know is that you want to be the smartest person in the room – and smart people are the ones with the informed opinions.
Kwanele Sosibo and Deshnee Subramany from the Mail & Guardian discuss the comments made by FHM South Africa features editor, Max Barashenkov and editorial assistant Montle Moorosi regarding corrective rape on Barashenkov’s Facebook profile. Did they deserve to get fired?
The issue of the legitimacy of Mandla Mandela’s chieftaincy and the removal of the graves from Qunu to Mvezo, and back to Qunu where the bodies of Mandela’s children were originally burial.
Will Nelson Mandela’s las wish be granted? Or will the court fued between his grandson and daughter leave the former president with an unfulfiled wish?
If you missed the Mail & Guardian Newsroom show on 2oceansvibe Radio, don’t dispair. We have the podcast of this week’s Mail & Guardian Newsroom show for your analytical pleasure. Feel free to listen on the page, or download for later listening. The past weekend saw the launch of a few new political parties, one being Mamphela Ramphele’s […]
As Faranaaz discovered, government has widely condemned the spate of deaths related to circumcision rituals around the country. But few provinces are actually keeping clear records of the numbers. In the absence of reliable statistics, can government really do anything to prevent deaths at circumcision schools?
Look, you’re angry. So are we. Cape Town’s city authorities recently pushed through a draft of new regulations that make it pretty much impossible to hold down a full time job and buy a bottle of alcohol from a retail outlet on a weekday. Annoyingly, there seems to be some method to their madness.
Roger Young chats to Mail & Guardian’s Chris Roper about what’s killing the SA film industry.
Professional game ranger, Brian Masters has been on the receiving end of a lot of hate mail after a video of him charging an elephant bull was posted to YouTube earlier this month. Masters spoke to 2oceansvibe Radio about where he goes from here
Lauren Beukes is the author of “Zoo City”, which won the Arthur C Clarke Award in 2012, and was long-listed for the Dublin IMPAC prize. Listen to Lauren Beukes on 2oceansvibe Radio talking about her love for writing, her inspirations and what needs to be done to stay sane in the writing world.
John Smit is set to become the new CEO of the Sharks and will take up his official postition on 1 July 2013. With stadium violence a concern at Kings Park, his year won’t be “a look and learn,” he will hit the ground running. Click through to listen
On Friday Seth had a chat with double F1-World-Champion, Mika Hakkinen, during The Premier Show on 2ov Radio. If you missed it – don’t panic – you can listen to it right here and find out how Mika Hakkinen nearly joined the circus!