The news that Independent News and Media South Africa had been sold to Iqbal Survé and his Sekunjalo consortium has been greeted with relief, mostly because the newspaper group is ‘coming home’ after years in brutal Irish hands that stripped its assets and saw over 3 000 people lose their jobs.
At the end of January, an all too familiar pattern of events played itself out in the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court in Durban. Four member of the shack dwellers’ movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo, were arrested after a protest against problematic practices in a housing development in KwaNdengezi.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Thursday it would continue to oppose any proposals for the establishment of a media appeals tribunal when the matter comes up for discussion in Parliament later this year.