Sowetan must be careful!

On Tuesday March 4 2008, Sowetan published a story about a man who is alleged to have set fire to the ANC headquaters, Luthuli House. What made the article different from those in other newspapers was the fact that, the alleged arsonist's identity and name was published.
This was done despite the media law that requires reporters not to identify or name people suspected of committing a crime before they appear and plead to the charges in the court of law. The same article was published by The Times, but the person was never identified or named because they had never pleaded to the charges. What made Sowetan do the opposite?

Yalo takes it!

In our votes for the best cartoon of the day, we were quite limited in our choices but we gave it to Yalo of the Sowetan. Reason being it touched on relevant issues of the day and it ended being quite funny. Basic premise of the cartoon is : Load Shedding, Rain Shedding, Booze Shedding.....eish, haven't we had enough??

We met with Mondli Makhanya today, he's not as intimidating as we had imagined him to be, pretty nice actually, and we are not trying to suck up! Then there was Tyrone......what a hunk (coming from the ladies in the group). A brilliant guy, awesome sense of humour and he seems to have an open mind about life. Oh, did we mention he's a photographer and an HIV/AIDS Counsellor. Overall the last 2 days have been tough, tougher days are ahead of us but we are ready to face them head-on.

Chat later...bye!