Decorated Dlamini appointed chair of the University of Pretoria council 22 April 2021 - 17:26 Image: FINANCIAL MAIL/RUSSELL ROBERTS
The University of Pretoria (UP) has appointed Kuseni Dlamini as the chairperson of the institution’s council.
The appointment is effective from April 1.
“This appointment comes at a crucial time where businesses, institutions and nations are facing economic headwinds exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. South Africa is also dealing with the pressing demands in higher education institutions across the country, relating to funding, student debt, infrastructure and safety of students in campuses. As the council, we are committed to working with relevant stakeholders to collectively make headway in funding lasting solutions to some of these issues.
Tucson Local Media announced today that the newspaper group was being acquired by Times Media Group of Phoenix. Terms were not disclosed.
Tucson Local Media, which has been owned by 13th Street Communications, will continue to publish its six Pima County newspapers: Inside Tucson Business, Explorer, Marana News, Foothills News, Desert Times and Tucson Weekly.
Times Media Group President and Publisher Steve Strickbine said he was excited by the opportunity to enter the Tucson market and âcontinue to provide community news.â
Strickbine first entered the newspaper business when he launched the Scottsdale Times in 1998 and has grown his company to include more than a dozen weekly newspapers in the Phoenix and Southern California markets.
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DR NTABA: Scored highly
Inside information in Malawi Voice’s custody indicates that Jolly Ntaba Jnr. PhD scored the highest in interviews for Director General of the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) and is earmarked to be offered the job within next week.
Ntaba, a former journalist at the public broadcaster is currently a journalism professor at the University of Malawi’s Polytechnic having obtained his PhD from a South African University last year.
Coming second is Chakuchanya Harawa, a former MBC reporter himself, currently working with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in London, United Kingdom.
According to our impeccable source, coming third is the current Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Director of Media and Public Relations, Sangwani Mwafulirwa.
Busting the myth about a R2bn loan from the PIC
By Bongani Hans
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Sekunjalo Independent Media Consortium has busted the myth that the purchase of Independent Media, the biggest media group in the country, from the Irish for R2 billion was only through funding from the Public Investment Corporation (PIC).
The company appeared before the Standing Committee on Finance (SCoF) on Wednesday to detail the facts of how its umbrella body, Sekunjalo Group, actually sealed a deal with the Irish media company, which was the owner of Independent Media in South Africa at the time.
Independent Media’s delegation included Sekunjalo’s executive chairman, Dr Iqbal Survé, chief operating officer Takudzwa Hove, editor-in-chief Aneez Salie, editor of The Star, Sifiso Mahlangu, and Daily News editor Ayanda Mdluli.