From apartheid jails to insults and taunts in a democratic SA

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OPINION | From apartheid jails to insults and taunts in a democratic SA

The scary figures revealed by the state of the newsroom report by Wits University show that journalism jobs have halved in 10 years; a decade ago we had 10, 000 employed journalists but today we have only 5,000.

The reality is without ads all of the mentioned sections will suffer, threatening our democracy. We estimate that 80% of all online advertising goes to these foreign companies who don't even pay tax in this country.This week I saw a fake news post that was widely circulated...

Choose the trusted news platforms when you spend your money - it is these brands that exposed state capture, that shine a light on corruption and called to account those who were responsible for the death of Life Esidimeni victims and the thievery of Steinhoff or the VBS bank heist. We need journalists who can read annual financial reports, understand what it means when we say Eskom threatens our survival as a nation.

 

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