DEMOCRACY VS POLITICAL THEOCRACY OP-ED Fake news — The fight for South Africa’s future in the face of mounting disinformation 5 min 2 By Robyn Porteous
Letter From The DM168 Editor The unfolding Thabo Bester story shows journalists can be better than cops at busting miscreants 5 min 7 By Heather Robertson
PUBLIC BROADCASTER OP-ED Governance twilight zone at SABC — a clear and present danger of political capture 3 min 0 By Michael Markovitz
OCCRP/FORBIDDEN STORIES Hacks, bots and blackmail: How secret cyber mercenaries disrupt elections 14 min 1 By OCCRP
FOREIGN AFFAIRS OP-ED SA government guilty of linguistic fraud in defending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine 5 min 13 By Michael Markovitz and Herman Wasserman
OP-ED Ramaphosa: 'Media freedom in South Africa is a cause for optimism and pride' 3 min 4 By Cyril Ramaphosa
TUESDAY EDITORIAL ‘Freedom is Slavery’ – disinformation threatens democracy and social justice in South Africa and globally 6 min 1 By Mark Heywood
ISS TODAY ANALYSIS Africa a burgeoning battleground for political disinformation, weaponised social media 4 min 0 By Karen Allen
Google to launch disinformation campaign Google to roll out anti-disinformation campaign in some EU countries 2 min 0 By Reuters
LEARNING CURVEBALL Untangling the web – giving children the right tools to fight fake news 4 min 0 By Herman Wasserman and Dani Madrid-Morales
DEFEND OUR DEMOCRACY OP-ED Time for referendum on electoral reform to save our distressed and exhausted country - Mcebisi Jonas 11 min 14 By Mcebisi Jonas
ANALYSIS Divided we tweet: A flood of lies this way comes and will tear us apart 5 min 2 By Stephen Grootes
GLOBAL THREAT OP-ED Vaccine hesitancy in Africa needs to be addressed urgently before rolling out the malaria jab 4 min 0 By Jaishree Raman and Shüné Oliver
GEO-POLITICS OP-ED Russia hedging all bets amid uncertainty and turmoil in Libya after elections postponed 4 min 0 By Cayley Clifford
GRINCH OF THE YEAR Winner: Anti-vaxxers; Runners-up: Disinformation merchants & Eskom 5 min 3 By Here Tic
FOURTH WAVE Zombies, cannibals and killing off the poor: KZN battles a deluge of vaccine misinformation 8 min 0 By Chris Makhaye and Nce Mkhize
DISINFORMATION IN A TIME OF COVID-19 OP-ED Top five trends over 2021 and a few holiday tips 6 min 0 By William Bird and Nomshado Lubisi
DISINFORMATION IN A TIME OF COVID-19 OP-ED Sorting the real from the rubbish and challenging those who stir the Omicron pot of fear 6 min 0 By William Bird and Nomshado Lubisi
DISINFORMATION IN A TIME OF COVID-19 OP-ED How to rapidly combat digital harms and cybersecurity threats 4 min 0 By William Bird and Nomshado Lubisi
DISINFORMATION IN A TIME OF COVID-19 OP-ED How disinformers use the fear of the unknown to cloud rational thought 5 min 0 By William Bird and Nomshado Lubisi
DISINFORMATION IN A TIME OF COVID-19 OP-ED Beware of fake content that exploits emotions and clouds rational thought 5 min 0 By William Bird and Nomshado Lubisi
