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My thoughts are with the family, friends and colleagues of journalist, political commentator, radio host and moderator Tshidi Madia who has passed away in the prime of her life. Tshidi loved our country and this was the backdrop to her tough questions and her hopeful vision of a South Africa that can and should be better. We shall continue to work for Tshidi’s South Africa with her now silent pen and voice in our memories and hearts. Her passing during Women’s Month reminds us of her stature as a remarkable citizen and thought leader presented to the nation as an outstanding woman. May her soul rest in peace.

I'd like to share a memory of Tshidi's first radio broadcast. Disclaimer: memory is highly contested and I respect that some of you may have a different memory. This is how I remember it. Tshidi was on the traffic desk working with Aki Anastasiou. She had grown frustrated as she felt there was so much more she wanted to do. I didn't know her well at that time, but she cornered me after my show, sitting on those famous red and blue couches outside the studio. She was itching to just do some meaningful work. The problem wasn't her or her bosses. It happens in broadcasting that the slots are filled and everyone is just good at their roles. You keep knocking and waiting for an opening. Or you do something else and Tshidi did something else! A few weeks later, she used her phone to record some conversations with homeless people under a bridge in Braamfontein/Parktown. She encountered them every day on her way to and from work and was curious about who they were. She started talking to them: asking them questions about their lives, dreams, health, etc. She knew their names, there was some laughter too. The final product was really a beautiful, poignant audio testimony of humanity and agency. No editor commissioned the story. Tshidi saw, felt, and acted. We played the recording - I don't know if it made it on the news, but I am 💯% certain that my producers and I lined it up on our 10am slot. What followed was a one-on-one interview with Tshidi where she was the guest, telling us about her product. This was around 2012 and the rest is history. That's what I remember - Tshidi pausing to talk to people she didn't know simply because they were human and deserved to be heard. Tshidi demonstrating curiosity and not following "the obvious." Nobody was responsible for that output. She did it by herself and thus launched her place into the firmament of meaningful journalism. I reminded Tshidi of this every time she thought I was hard in my critique of some editorial outputs. We would go back and forth with messages. All I know is that I was speaking to someone who had CREATED her own journalism beat - human stories- at a highly competitive platform. The bar was high because she put it there with her first creative, heart-felt production: Humanising homeless people whose dreams were swallowed up by trauma and neglect. Tshidi did that. By herself. Goodnight and Farewell.

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MEDIA RELEASE🗞️ On Friday, the 4th of July, the SOS Support Public Broadcasting Coalition (SOS), together with Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), the Campaign for Free Expression (CFE), the Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI), Cape Town TV (CTV), the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ), the Independent Producers Organisation (IPO), and Animation South Africa (ASA), wrote to the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT). The organisations reiterated their concern about the continued delay in publishing the third iteration of the Draft White Paper on Audio and Audiovisual Media Services and Online Content Safety. These civil society organisations note that despite commitments made by the Department’s employees in at least two meetings of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies (PPCCDT) to publish the revised draft by the end of the financial year, 31 March 2025, the sector still awaits this promised draft. READ MORE: ow.ly/zaJV50Wltix

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@Sikuvile_Awards @rmoalusi @radebeh @Sefara_Mak @npclub @AIP_RSA @sbungalwa @rochelledekock @iaj_za @Journ_SA Please read the complete statement here: sikuvileawards.co.za/2025/03/20/ren…

Renewed Call: Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards 2025 Submission Deadline Approaching! South Africa’s journalists, the countdown has begun! The deadline for submissions to the prestigious 2025 Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards is fast approaching — March 31, 2025.

@Sikuvile_Awards @rmoalusi @radebeh @Journ_SA @AIP_RSA @iaj_za @PressCouncil_SA @glendaADaniels @ZikhonaTshona There will be no extensions due to the tight judging schedule and the organisational work required ahead of the awards ceremony on Saturday, June 28, 2025. Please visit sikuvileawards.co.za for more information