South Africans Better Off
South Africans are a pessimistic crowd of people believing that the present is not very good, and that the future will be worse. The media in South Africa certainly spends a lot of time convincing us of this.However, we can measure this more objectively: LSM is a measure of living standards that considers what you [...]
Education in South Africa
It was the #1 on the UK, USA and other hit parades in 1979. It was the ANC Youth League’s battle song. It was banned by the National Party in 1980. It is remembered as ‘We Don’t Need No Education’. If you were 10-20 years old then (now you’d be 40-50) you are unlikely to [...]
A World Without AMPS
In view of the alarming standoff between the media owners and SAARF, I’ve been asked by SA Marketing Magazine to reflect momentarily on a world without AMPS, as there seems to be a perception in some sectors of the media industry that nobody is actually addressing these issues. Firstly that perception is incorrect. Interested parties [...]