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Ethical journalism

Decuplets: Editor Piet Rampedi says sorry, but insists there was a pregnancy

By Matuba Mahlatjie

'Pretoria News' editor Piet Rampedi, the man who published the news about a Tembisa woman who gave birth to 10 babies, has finally conceded that he could have...

  • FILE: Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    Mantashe has shown criminal behaviour - BLF's Mngxitama

    According to the 'Sunday World', Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe paid two of its reporters R70,000 to make the story disappear.

    976 days ago
  • FILE: Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe. Picture: EWN

    Mantashe didn't mean he paid journos to quash sex story - spokesperson

    Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe's spokesperson Moferefere Lekorotsoana said he didn’t really mean it when he told the 'Sunday World' that he had paid the reporters not to publish the article but admitted his utterances were unfortunate.

    977 days ago
  • FILE: Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    Sanef shocked by reports Mantashe paid journos to quash sex scandal story

    According to the 'Sunday World', Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe paid R70,000 to the journalists in exchange for not publishing a story about his alleged relationship with a young woman.

    979 days ago
  • Kenyan security forces help people to escape after a bomb blast at DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, on 15 January 2019. Picture: AFP

    [OPINION] Why photographs of dead in Nairobi terror attack failed journalism

    Foreign press took away the dignity of victims killed in the Nairobi terror attacks by publishing their pictures, argues academic George Ogola.

    1261 days ago
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    [OPINION] The state of South African media in 2018

    Sanef chairperson Mahlatse Mahlase says the media industry has a lot to do if the dream of meaningful democracy is to be truly realised.

    1349 days ago
  • Journalists and members of civil society march to Constitution Hill on Media Freedom Day. Picture: Taurai Maduna/Eyewitness News

    [WATCH] Media freedom comes with responsibility

    19 October is commemorated as Media Freedom Day, marking the day that several news publications were banned in 1977. EWN journalists share what media freedom means to them in 2018.

    1352 days ago
  • Journalists and members of civil society march to Constitution Hill on Media Freedom Day. Picture: Taurai Maduna/Eyewitness News

    [OPINION] Why journalists in South Africa should do some self-reflection

    South Africans have a right to know why the lapses at 'Sunday Times' occurred and why those that spoke up against them were silenced.

    1352 days ago
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    [ANALYSIS] Ethical journalism: what to do - and not to do - with leaked emails

    When given leaked information journalists should check the information, consider alternative explanations, consider the political context and allow the people implicated a proper chance to respond.

    1846 days ago
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