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The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) mandate was, since its establishment, to serve as the central communications agency of a relatively new democratic government leading the...
As I rise today to speak to you, the students of the South African
Democratic Students' Movement, I am reminded of the words of US President
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Roosevelt who led the United...
For those readers who may have been hibernating, FNB Chairman Sizwe Nxasana last week made a grovelling apology to the ANC after the bank’s senior executives were summoned to Luthuli house for a...
They hide behind a single, innocent advert
broadcast on TV and remain omniously silent on the many other videos
they had created and through a covert and premeditated campaign
distributed on...
The ANCWL (African National Congress Women’s League) is calling on FNB
(First National Bank) to apologise for the offensive and politically
biased advertisement that appeared on the bank’s...
The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) has launched an innovative social media campaign in partnership with Owen Kessel Communication (OK) to draw attention to the plight of endangered species....
Part 1 (click here to read) of this paper offered a historical context about Kony and the LRA conflict. Part 2 of this paper provides an in-depth analysis of the Kony 2012 video using relevant...
Click here to read Part 2 of this discussion paper On 5 March 2012, people all over the globe – particularly those adapted to the Internet’s social media websites – awakened to a video whose...
This article aims to demonstrate that the “CNN effect” – which posits that ample and appealing media coverage has a powerful impact on the international community, to the point of compelling...
This week Nigeria officially started talks with the Islamic sect popularly known as Boko Haram in an attempt to remedy the security crisis that has crippled the country for the past two years. This...
Social media and other forms of communication technology have played a big role in the political formation of Egypt since the 2011 uprisings. In the wake of the uprisings, Egyptians called upon the...
In dusty Dakar with its litter-strewn streets and heady interlaced smells of spice and goats, an astounding transformation is taking place which holds invaluable lessons for the rest of the...
Snapshots of government’s extensive programme of action and how this improves the lives of individuals and communities will remain the core of the rebranded news agency of the South African...
Today we are proud to avail important new details of the 2012 Tax Season for individual taxpayers and trusts.
From around 6.30am this morning hundreds of South African Revenue Service (SARS)...
Santam has recently been a favourite for being on the receiving end of advertisement spoofs. First DialDirect made an advertisement which appears to have copied Santam’s advertisement featuring...