Tag Archives: Sunday Times
Is Pistorius’ clubbing news?
I know nothing about running a newspaper nor do I claim to be a journalist but I sure know a thing or two about what news is and what news isn’t. I therefore have a hard time believing Sunday Times’ front-page lead story “Oscar parties” today, 14 April, is news. Worse, I doubt this article […]
Zuma, there’s enough reason to fire Shiceka
It was on April 20 this year when I published a detailed post in my blog Akanyang Africa in which I asked whether controversial Minister of Co-operative governance and Traditional Affairs, Sicelo Shiceka – after being exposed by Mail and Guardian, The Times and Sunday Times investigations – should have his a** kicked out of […]
Sunday World and Sunday Times ‘slave for formula’?
I have wondered how the heck Sunday World newspaper managed to crack this headline “Bafana Bafana quality for Afcon 2012! Thanks to a better goal difference” on 9 October 2011. Heck even Sunday Times ran a “Bafana sneak though” headline, saying the national team “qualified for the 2012 African Cup of Nation tournament via the […]
My highlights for 2010. What’s yours?
For me personally, I’d like to think that media freedom and the threat thereof have been one of the highlights for this year. For example: there is now Zapiro vs. Zuma issue underway and just before that we had the successful Supreme Court of Appeal ruling in favouring the Mail & Guardian newspaper and giving […]
Yes, I love you Phillip
Not being much of a movie person, I nevertheless had the opportunity to watch I Love You Phillip Morris last Sunday, 11 July 2010. When I first read the review on Mail & Guardian newspaper I thought someone was crazy.
