Gilbert Motsaathebe, PhD is an associate professor of Communication and Media at the University of Johannesburg. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal for Communication Sciences in Southern Africa. He previously taught at the United Arab Emirates University in the UAE, the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in South Africa, and Ariake in Nagasaki, Japan. Prior to joining academia, he worked as News Producer for television stations such as Bop Television, SABC and e-TV, before rendering his services as Manager of Media Relations for the North West Provincial Government in South Africa. He serves on editorial boards of several peer-reviewed journals and his research interests include topics on television journalism, media and gender, journalism education and practice, African rhetoric and multiculturalism. He is rated by the NRF as an established researcher and serves as an Extraordinary Professor in the Research Entity: Indigenous Language Media in Africa at the North-Wes
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Cape Town fire update: Mop-up operations underway, students receive local support
20 Apr 2021
April 20 2021 - Gift of the Givers donation drop-off centre at the Old Mutual in Pinelands. Following the devastating Table Mountain fire, around four thousand UCT students who had to be evacuated from their residences are now being housed by hospitality industry businesses & in hotels around the city with many other busineses donating essential goods & food to a central drop-off point at the Old Mutual Centre in Pinelands for distribution. (David Harrison/M&G)
For bystanders, it may seem as if Cape Town is getting back to normal as several roads that were closed since Sunday reopened and the dense layer of smoke covering the Mother City dissipated.
Brenton Greach
“Let it burn to the ground.”
This remark, posted on Twitter by a user claiming to be a student representative council secretary-general at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), is being investigated by the university. This was announced by UWC council chairperson Yasmin Forbes on Tuesday afternoon.
The suspect made the remark amid the runaway fires that destroyed some of the historic buildings at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and other iconic sites in Cape Town.
It is believed that the fire started near Rhodes Memorial, on the northern flank of Table Mountain, on Sunday morning.
The majority of voters in the ward are in Steinkopf, said Sussman.
Sussman described Steinkopf as a “poor community, with a high level of unemployment” and very few economic opportunities.
Being progressive and a younger candidate, Sussman believes Balie “is going to try and appeal to youth voters”.
According to Sussman, the ANC used South African soap actors to win over Nama Khoi voters in a by-election a few years ago. This move helped “swing” the ward from the DA to the ANC making it clear that soap actors and actresses certainly have currency in this region, he said.
Balie echoed Sussman’s remarks, and told