In February 1982, the Steyn Commission of Inquiry into press freedom warned of the danger of corporate control of newspapers damaging diversity and fettering the information industry. Judge Steyn predicted that amalgamation within the media...
Regardless of the findings of the disciplinary inquiry into Helen Zille’s remarks concerning the legacies of colonialism, the outcomes for the DA can only be negative. If the inquiry finds Zille guilty of bringing the DA into disrepute...
The complete failure of the Mercury (April 24) to publish a single word about the largest gathering ever to take place in the Southern Hemisphere ranks as a new low in the direction the paper appears to be taking since it was acquired by the...
Brian Mahlangu’s lengthy lament that the “transfer of power has not so far benefited the majority” (Business Report, April 19) contains nothing new about the subject which he and his fellow travellers persist in...
Helen Zille’s remarks on Singapore’s success and her latest colonial denialism are disappointing to say the least (Mercury, April 7). In attempting to present Singapore’s success since independence in 1965 as an example worthy...
With the exception of the generous space allocated to the Letters column and the variety of subjects which are aired there, it is regrettable that the political images and contents of the Mercury have become servile and sycophantic. Almost daily...
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