The IMF's bn loan for South Africa: the pros, cons and potential pitfalls: South Africa's finance minister Tito Mboweni says the IMF loan will limit the country's economic vulnerabilities which have been exacerbated by COVID-19. Gallo Images/Brenton GeachThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a R70 billion (US$ 4.3 billion) loan for South Africa to help the … [Read more...] about The IMF’s $4bn loan for South Africa: the pros, cons and potential pitfalls | The Conversation
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Celebrity campaigns and rape culture: the pluses and the pitfalls | The Conversation
Celebrity campaigns and rape culture: the pluses and the pitfalls: An activist during Jacob Zuma's rape trial in 2006. He was acquitted and went on to become South Africa's president. Reuters/Siphiwe SibekoThe collective outcry from women on social media, using the #Metoo campaign, to indicate that each of them has been a victim of sexual harassment, has gripped the … [Read more...] about Celebrity campaigns and rape culture: the pluses and the pitfalls | The Conversation
Future of Media Conference: The power of social media, its pitfalls and PR disasters
Future of Media Conference: The power of social media, its pitfalls and PR disasters: Riaan Wolmarans, head of digital audience development at Times Media, will be one of many leading media minds speaking at the Future of Media Conference in Johannesburg on Thursday, 21 July. He spoke to Media Update about social media’s increasing power and avoiding its pitfalls, a … [Read more...] about Future of Media Conference: The power of social media, its pitfalls and PR disasters
