Miss SA 2025 Qhawekazi Mazaleni on pageantry, purpose and possibility
She’s a researcher, speech therapist, author — and now Miss South Africa. But for Qhawekazi Mazaleni, it’s all part of one calling
Communication
Enhance communication to track progress on achieving the sustainable development goals
Communication professionals have a role to play in bridging this gap, translating the sustainable development goals into relatable narratives that resonate with people and inspire collective action
Develop your copy-editing and proofreading skills
Communication is ultra-important – learn how to make yours more effective
Communication is everyone’s human right
Communication is not only central to how we enjoy many of our human rights, it is also the medium through which we claim or assert our rights
The Portfolio: Tommy Busakhwe
Photographer Tommy Busakhwe, a participant in the Communities of the Kalahari Advocacy Project, uses his camera to tell stories of home, land and the people who live and work on it
Covid logic beats ‘irrational’ human logic
The virus will lose if the government and high-profile people communicate effectively the reasons for restrictions and the compromises that have been made
Rethinking communication and innovation in the time of Covid-19
Physical distancing rules do not have to mean that we work in isolation; on the contrary, the need for communication has never been greater
As the economy inches open, South Africa’s startups prepare for a post-Covid world
The pandemic offers opportunities for online businesses that deliver services ranging from education and communication with clients to delivering groceries, but it doesn’t come without difficulties
Government spokespeople have a crucial role to play in facilitating communication
Those tasked with communicating on behalf of the government would do well to engage in some introspection regarding the purpose of their job
On the power of language
Educating our children in their mother tongues
will help to address underdevelopment in Africa
Communication Award
The Wits Communications team is committed to making research and science accessible through creative strategies and multiple platforms
Awards reflect industry best practices on an international scale
‘Recognising excellent rewards hard work and sets the standard for others’
Communication with members is key to fund’s success
Cellphones are the preferred channel of interaction
Reputation Custodianship through Ubuntu.Lab Hub at Reputation House
Restoring the public’s faith in corporate and government leaders
Nomonde Gongxeka-Seopa
Councillor, Icasa
Sizakele Marutlulle
Founder and chief executive, Matutlulle and Co
Students need to learn to lead
Needless confrontations are pitting young people against those who try to take education forward
Nine and a half weeks in Vodahell
‘For a communications company, Vodacom is exceptionally bad at communicating’
SA disconnect leaves the country lagging behind its peer nations
In 2015, the treasury announced it would put aside R1.1-billion for SA Connect over the next three years.
Telkom Mobile has the lines buzzing about its prices and, surprisingly, its service
The quasi-parastatal will however have an uphill battle to win back customers.
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Give women more cellphones and they will change the world
However strong the social and economic benefits, the question of how we connect more women still remains.
From the judges’ seat: Three lessons for scientists
Here are three tips to help keep your scientific presentations interesting, full of life and not sleep inducing.
ANC wants SABC to show JZ more love
Party spin doctors reportedly want to ‘reclaim’ the public broadcaster to polish the president’s halo.
Can we please talk face to face?
Social media resisters are being left out – and then there are CIA and consumerist pitfalls.
Chatty chimps know their ooks from their eeks
A research team from the UK has compiled a "dictionary" of chimpanzee body language, where certain gestures mean certain things.
We are the future / wear the future
After a lull in new devices, 2014 promises happy geeks plugging into radical technology.
Politics, posturing and the people
South African political parties need to explore new dimensions in their communication with their audience.
Padayachie looks to the private sector
New Minister of Communications Roy Padayachie wants to foster a partnership with the private sector and create a spirit of working together.
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Can cellphones promote safe sex?
Could cellphone text messages encourage safer sex among homosexual men in Tanzania, where consensual sex among men remains illegal?
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$250m satellite for Africa in pipeline
Satellite firm Intelsat and an SA investment consortium plan to build a -million satellite to serve Africa, it was reported on Tuesday.
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The Fifth Column
The fifth estate is a grouping that is slowly growing both in readership and respectability.
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Please, I shot one!
Being forced to speak Afrikaans for years didn’t help Namibians with English language proficiency, writes Moses Magadza.