# Die minister van Kommunikasie en Digitale Tegnologieë, Solly Malatsi, sê inligtingsintegriteit is die onsigbare infrastruktuur van demokrasie en noodsaaklik vir maatskaplike samehorigheid. Malatsi het tydens die Media 20-beraad in Johannesburg gewaarsku waninligting, diepvervalsings en manipulasie wat deur kunsmatige intelligensie gedryf word, bedreig verkiesings en stabiliteit. Malatsi het beklemtoon dat vrye, onafhanklike joernalistiek noodsaaklik is […]
# Communications and Digital Technologies minister, Solly Malatsi has warned that news media are struggling to survive, calling it an existential crisis. Speaking at the Media 20 Summit in Johannesburg, Malatsi cited the 2025 World Press Freedom Index, which found outlets in 160 of 180 countries face financial strain. He urged governments and the private […]
# Die Media 20-beraad in Johannesburg sal na verwagting die M20-verklaring finaliseer wat G20-leiers aanspoor om op te tree teen die wêreldwye inligtingsintegriteitskrisis. Die konsep vra die dringende beskerming van persvryheid, versterking van joernalistieke etiek en die bekamping van waninligting en diepvervalsings. Hy waarsku ‘n gebrek aan inligtingsintegriteit bedreig demokrasie, vertroue en die digitale ekonomie. […]
# Communications and Digital Technologies minister, Solly Malatsi says information integrity is the invisible infrastructure of democracy and vital for social cohesion. Speaking at the Media 20 Summit in Johannesburg, Malatsi warned that disinformation, deepfakes, and Artificial Intelligence-driven manipulation threaten elections and stability. Malatsi emphasised that free, independent journalism is essential for democracy, and economic […]
# Suid-Afrika bied saam met hierdie week se G20-vergaderings, ook ‘n tweedaagse Media 20-beraad in Johannesburg aan. Die onafhanklike projek wil verseker media-integriteit en inligtingsekostelsels word in die G20-beleidsagenda weerspieël. Die beraad sal onderwerpe oor inligtings-integriteit aan G20-leiers uitlig. Joernaliste, kundiges en verteenwoordigers van die burgerlike samelewing bespreek uitdagings soos waninligting, afnemende media-inhoud en die […]
# The DA in Gauteng is calling on the provincial Education MEC, Matome Chiloane to urgently address infrastructure challenges at Alrapark Primary School in Nigel, Ekurhuleni. The party says learners have missed three weeks of schooling due to community protests triggered by poor and unsafe conditions at the school. The DA’s Sergio Isa Dos Santos […]
# The Media 20 Summit in Johannesburg is expected to finalise the M20 Declaration urging G20 leaders to act against the global information integrity crisis. The draft calls for urgent safeguard to press freedom, strengthen journalism ethics, and combat disinformation, and deepfakes. It warns that damaged information integrity threatens democracy, trust, and the digital economy. […]
# South Africa is hosting a two-day Media 20 Summit in Johannesburg alongside this week’s G20 meetings. The independent initiative aims to ensure media integrity and information ecosystems are reflected in the G20 policy agenda. It seeks to highlight topics of information integrity to G20 leaders. Journalists, experts, and civil society representatives are discussing challenges […]
# Die nooddienste van die Stad Ekurhuleni het gisteraand ses liggame in ‘n motor in die Zonkizizwe-rivier gevind. ‘n Woordvoerder, Tikkie MacDonald, sê hulle het ‘n noodoproep ontvang oor ‘n motorongeluk op die R550. Hy sê met die noodwerkers se aankoms op die toneel, het hulle die voertuig op sy dak in die rivier gevind:
