As South Africa prepares for the possible overhaul of its whistleblower legislation, Thandeka Gqubule-Mbeki, Lecturer at Rhodes University, journalist and former councillor on the National Anti-Corruption Council (NACAC), has highlighted the urgent need for stronger protections for those who expose corruption.

No journalism school can afford to be an island or an ivory tower. Journalism schools sit at the crossroads of public knowledge, democratic accountability, and technological disruption. To retreat into isolation is to become enfeebled. Yet, to remain porous, networked, and socially embedded is what Rhodes University's School of Journalism and Media Studies has chosen to be. The beginning of the academic year at JMS is marked as a significant moment or interval in the life of our university. It is a threshold moment and a liminal space where potential greets precedent in journalism practice and theories of the media.

Rhodes University and the School of Journalism and Media Studies are proud to announce the appointment of Dr Quatro Mgogo as the incoming Head of the School of Journalism and Media Studies (JMS), effective from the second semester of 2026.

The School of Journalism and Media Studies (JMS) at Rhodes University transformed its second annual academic assembly into a vibrant tribute to storytelling, courage, and the evolving landscape of journalism.