EARTHLIFE AFRICA are failing to articulate a coherent response to last week's accident at Koeberg. Despite indications of a potential class 9 nuclear emergency and radioactive accident at the plant, after the system "scrammed", the group seems to have bought into the Atomic Energy Corporation's (...

In the age of global communications, long-distance connectivity, and telepresence, could Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, that mysterious illness from the nineties be a metaphor for our time? While many doctors swear that the Carpal Tunnel refers to a nerve in the hand, pictured above, I believe the syndr...

THE Independent Group's interest in Clear Channel and other affiliates could contravene sections of South Africa's telecommunication regulations laws. The regulations implemented by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), the regulator of telecommunications and broadcast...

JUDGING from reactions to my last posting, its a big crime in this country to question statistics of any kind. Gosh, what happens if those numbers are wrong? Some empiricists could lose their jobs while we all get into a flap about fowls dying of influenza, or mother hens keeling over from the sn...

Government calls for an end to newsroom censorship amidst concerns of cartel behaviour THE South African government has called for an end to newsroom censorship amidst an increasing concentration of media ownership amongst a few large media houses. Despite this, South Africa is still locked into...

WHILE individual titles within the Independent stable have every right to exist, the supersized cartel of ownership that colludes to prevent competition and which restricts our freedom of speech, needs to be done away with. Here's what you can do to prevent the game of monopoly media. 1) Call you...