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Joe Latakgomo

Flags at half‐mast as Durban remembers giants

The prestigious Mount Edgecombe Estate, home to one of South Africa’s iconic golf courses, honoured long-standing resident, former club captain and high‐handicap golfer Kiruban Dhanpal Naidoo

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
Editor, mentor: To all who knew him, Dennis Pather was more than an editor. He was a conscience – a Durban son whose commitment to ethical journalism shaped generations. Photo: Shelley Kjonstad

Dennis Pather: a witty wordsmith

The renowned veteran journalist played a decisive role in shaping newsroom transformation

  • Eyaaz
4 min read
Blow by blow: Jeff Wicks, winner of this year’s Nat Nakasa Award for Courageous Journalism, and author of The Shadow State, with Renu and Dominic Williams at the book launch in Johannesburg, which was also launched at Ike’s Book Corner for Durban family members and book lovers. Photos: NB Publishers/Tafelberg, Deokaran family

Beyond the headlines: Jeff Wicks turns Babita Deokaran’s story into a lasting testament

Jeff Wicks’s book The Shadow State is both an exposé and a tribute, ensuring that whistleblower Babita Deokaran’s warnings echo beyond her murder

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
The Zondo commission exposed corruption under then president Jacob Zuma. Photo: Mlungisi Louw/Getty Images

Sanef seeks intervention in SABC vs MK party case over Government of National Unity

The public broadcaster has rejected the party’s demand that it not refer to the ruling coalition as a government of national unity as an attack on media freedom

  • Emsie Ferreira
4 min read