THIS MORNING I awoke to a social media post by veteran journalist Marianne Thamm. One would expect a journalist whose social media campaigns, often on behalf of the Daily Maverick, suggest she is more than capable of checking her sources, to be a...
Here is what they’re hiding from the public
Some of the pieces thrown out by Media24 People's Post: Almost 20 years with no justice, just corruption and lies by the ANC regime. SEE: Letter to Media24 tackling some of the above.
“It’s all about a black magician”. The Heart 104.9 incident (part 2)
MORNING Yoga in a prison cell catapults me out of E-Section, the door literally unlocks itself as I am lead away by a large Afrikaner warden, only too pleased to see me. I am once again processed for the transport to Caledon Square, the holding cells at the Magistrates Courts, in which one is luc...
“It’s all about a black magician”. The Heart 104.9 incident (part 1)
IN 2007 I was locked up for antagonizing a Muslim news anchor at Heart 104.9 with my complaint about the suppression of a Robbie Jansen interview, and Media24's obscene, racist inquiry into my faith. The result fundamentally changed the way I view the world. I am being carted in a packed Prison S...
Gillian Schutte receives journalism award from Nuclear industry
RUSSIA'S state nuclear energy corporation, ROSATUM, has awarded "journalist", Gillian Schutte with an award on behalf of the nuclear industry. "As Africa increasingly positions itself at the forefront of multipolar nuclear partnerships, the Rosatom Media Award reinforces the significance of indep...
Gaza, a fragile, uncompromising peace
IN 2011 at the People's Health Assembly I asked a delegation of Palestinian doctors whether or not, a binational state solution like Belgium, in which the Flemish and Walloons coexist under a unitary constitution, could be a possible solution to the problem. Their answer, like so many answers I r...