The ongoing fight between the political parties trying to control the South African Broadcasting Cooperation (SABC) is nothing but a clear indication that there’s a lot that’s needs to be solved within the institution.
Cope/ANC are not the custodians of the public interest
Every party is trying to make sure that its voice is heard and that their propaganda is listened to. Between the Congress of the People (Cope) or the African National Congress (ANC), there’s no difference. The parties are (...)

The xenophobic attacks on immigrants are a very serious problem in a democratic country like South Africa. The history of life and the world has been of peoples’ migration from one place to another and South Africa is not unique.
Media must at all times make sure that it educates and informs in such a way that it is not biased and misleading. The way newspapers like the Daily Sun have been reporting and labeling immigrants as aliens fuels racist prejudices and misdirects latent tensions in (...)