Media Coverage
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2020 Articles:
Guest Editor Pier Paolo Frassinelli
Alex Broadbent:
· Audio: Interview with Power FM: lack of evidence for lockdown and importance of considering things besides COVID deaths @Powerfm987
· Video: Interview with Newzroom Africa: lack of evidence base for lockdown, need for rational framework for decision-making as outlined in our recent report
· Reading: A Framework for Decisions in a Post-COVID World – South Africa – Report 1.2
Jane Duncan:
· A podcast with media lawyer Dario Milo and investigative journalist Sam Sole about the amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism constitutional challenge to Rica, which is to be decided by the Constitutional Court in the coming weeks: https://www.webberwentzel.com/News/Pages/media-law-surveillance-episode-3.aspx?fbclid=IwAR116uTwlVsmWxOJ2J32y8AZGf8DFY7DWXvIJh86ZXamwJ2dtJ6Opn0wwzc
· A podcast with Radio Islam International about COVID-19, digital contact tracing in South Africa:https://soundcloud.com/radioislam/citizens-should-remain-vigilant-over-state-surveillance-during-covid-19-crisis-prof-jane-duncan?fbclid=IwAR1spqlxgDz--rCLPznJuQmCLCcRj2hESjgaoYTT-_oOWHFYx55_ameHO24
A piece for the Daily Maverick on the need for Denel to shift from weapons manufacturing into socially useful work:https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-04-21-from-weapons-to-ventilators-time-for-denel-to-do-some-socially-useful-work/?fbclid=IwAR2H-j4PRdK96_Fa8IW23V3NYeU66-E7Dkmd0V40ulQMDYZsSg9MtcHSECU
2018 Articles:
Gardee loses his cool after seeing EFF offices: Neo Goba
More than child's play: Mary Metcalfe
Ms Pout makes waves on the radio: Boitumelo Kgobotlo
Zim politiek: Nuwe klanke hou belofte in: Philda Essop
What I got right about Zim's bloody dawn: David Moore
Reduce, reuse, recycle: Julia Ridderhof
When a local gov fails: Ralph Mathekga
Zim poll: ballot papers and new faces galore: David Moore
A good head and a good heart: Lindy Maselo
Land hearings demostrate our tolerance: Raph Mathega
Black egg farmers hatch plan: Bongani Nkosi
Revisiting the role of the news media and journalism in South Africa: Convergence, Fragmentation and Decolonisation: Ylva Rodny Gumede
Dying for land and still overlooked - the other side of the coin: Steven Friedman
With mounting pressure to disinvite Obama to the Mandela lecture: Is the ex-President's honeymoon with Africa over?: Adeyeke Adebajo
Land hearings demonstrate intolerance: Ralph Mathekga
Political Party Funding: Ralph Mathekga
Youth have no united voice: Ralph Mathekga
Forging transparent, caring journalism: Ylva Rodny-Gumede
On the New Labour Bills (a): Carin Ruciman
On the New Labour Bills (b): Carin Ruciman
The Role of Reporting Standardsin producing Robust Literature Reviews: Neal Robert Haddaway
Unpaid labour, #MeToo, and young woman in Global Health: Valerie Kondo
How to hack agriculture: Naude Malan
Presidential term limits: slippery slope back to authoritarianism: Cheryl Hendricks
Understanding the Shia-Sunni divide in Islam: Farid Esack
Beware the surveilliance state: Jane Duncan
Creative ways to deal with red tape at universities: Keyan Tomaseli
A small-brained relative is about to shake up our tree: Marlize Lombard
The intolerable loss of dignity: Rafael Winkler
Izindaba Zokudla: Naude Malan
Crossing a line: Jane Duncan
Humility, gratidue help us remain human: Farid Esack
Chef Schools up for challenge: Naude Malan
Are you woke to 'incel' and other nasty neologisms: Farid Esack
Ancient DNA research makes an important addition to our understanding of human history: Marlize Lombard
War by other means: Ashwin Desai
Making a mockery of law, leadership: Mzukizi Qobo
Opportunity after exceptionalism: Cheryl Hendricks
Replacing president won't be enough to get the country out of quagmire: Cheryl Hendricks
SA has lost its shine: Cheryl Hendricks
New free education deal: opportunity or dilemma: Cecilia Lwindi Nedziwe
Taking land by force: Milton B Sibiya
You shouldn't accept poor service: Varoshini Nadesan
Cyril must avoid a Zuma Sona: Mcebisi Ndletyana
New amendments to labour legislation are likely to increase unprotected strikes: Carin Runciman
Op-Ed What Ramaphosa needs to do to fix state spying: Jane Duncan