janet heard

South African journalist, Rhodes alumni, Nieman Fellow

[janet heard @janetheard]

What a great opportunity for journos with a passion to fix education through innovate storytelling !

[Henry Nxumalo Foundation @henry_nxumalo]

WE ARE HIRING Mid-level Reporters/ Senior Reporters (2)

Application deadline: 21 June 2026 at midnight
Apply here:

https://t.co/d6L4Da5E0s

[janet heard @janetheard]

"Get up show up. Vote": Here we go, the official countdown: 🚨 LIVE | Get Up. Show Up. Vote. — The Official LGE 2026 Campaign Launch. @IECSouthAfrica https://t.co/KBRPsQ24us via @YouTube

[Veve @LudidiVelani]

Political Editor: Political editor at Media24 - https://t.co/3jnhyJdSBn

Weekend Editor: Weekend editor (Cape Town or Johannesburg) at Media24 -
https://t.co/5htqerPw1j

[Ferial Haffajee @ferialhaffajee]

Must Read. Adriaan Basson | Phala Phala: We need the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth https://t.co/l79ZCJNlNa

[Wits Centre for Journalism @Journ_SA]

APPLY: Investigative journalists in need of funding & mentorship can apply for @Henry_Nxumalo Foundation's General Fund, set up to support investigations in South Africa. Send a brief proposal (no more than 3 pages), a CV, and a budget to [email protected].

[Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom]

Join our team! CPJ is #hiring a remote communications associate to develop and implement communications strategies to maximize the impact of CPJ’s work in defense of press freedom worldwide.

🗓️ Deadline is May 18, 2026.

Apply today: https://t.co/erPXYQ1n0u

[Pondoland Times @PondolandTimes]

SANEF chair Makhudu Sefara steps aside over lottery fund allegations

👉 Read more: https://t.co/0gcOJKT75u

[Sunday Times @SundayTimesZA]

Company statement on SIU allegations relating to Sunday Times editor Makhudu Sefara https://t.co/sGwrQ94r8Y

[Media20 @Media20ZA]

Rising Threats to Media Freedom and Strategies to Push Back.

Ahead of World Press Freedom Day M20 and the @ciia_africa will host a live webinar today at 15:00 CAT to examine the issues facing media freedom and how to counter them.

Register : https://t.co/XoWCxYnAOL

[janet heard @janetheard]

Some timely tips about memory, healing, struggle art and more - with rebel Albie Sachs #Thealbiecollection
@ZeitzMOCAA

https://t.co/WB0dZxIN8i

[janet heard @janetheard]

What a liar, sies!

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

This is how much this man hates South Africa and Africa. He lies that there is a white genocide in South Africa. He made this speech yesterday. He continues to lie that there is a genocide in South Africa. That is why I do not understand the African idiots who support this man.

You have to be a big black African idiot to support Donald Trump. South Africa is the biggest economy in Africa. It has taken care of millions of Africans, giving them an opportunity to pursue their dreams and to feed their families.
There are millions of Africans living in South Africa, and yet Donald Trump is trying to destroy that economy that helps many Africans to sustain a decent living.

And yet there is a black African who supports this man and sees Trump as a hero. Trump is an idiot. I do not care about him. But I am astonished that there is a black African somewhere in Africa seeing Donald Trump as a hero, and yet the same Donald Trump is trying to destroy the biggest economy in Africa for no apparent legitimate reason.

South Africa has done nothing wrong to America, nothing wrong to Donald Trump, and yet yesterday he made this shameless speech. This makes me absolutely angry, livid, to know that there is an African out there who supports this idiot.

He is running his racist refugee programme. He has blocked all other black nationals from Africa from seeking asylum in America. That is fine. We do not care about America.

But he is using his racist programme to try and destroy the very mainstay of African economics, because that is what South Africa is to Africans. There is no country in Africa that does not have its nationals in South Africa. It takes a certain level of ignorance and idiocy for any black African to support and hail this man as a hero.

This man wants to destroy our continent, and yet some African idiot is out there twerking for this guy.

[janet heard @janetheard]

Update - This event had been postponed till further notice

[janet heard @janetheard]

It has been fascinating to read this book about Africa's potential. I look forward to facilitating the discussion with former MTN CEO Phuthuma Nhleko on Tuesday at the Book Lounge. RSVP here: https://t.co/iCY4VeEP2I

[janet heard @janetheard]

Where is your newsroom AI policy? A brief overview and reflection after the release of a revealing South African report. https://t.co/pPReOftiXu

[janet heard @janetheard]

Can South Africa change course and tackle stunting, which impacts more than a quarter of South Africa's young children? The @PresidencyZA is launching a task team now, as the country wakes up to the blind spot about a largely preventable condition. @DGMurrayTrust

[Daily Maverick @dailymaverick]

Child stunting crisis mirrors early HIV blindness as experts urge urgent course correction https://t.co/KXvs3vW69O

[janet heard @janetheard]

Yes!

[Ferial Haffajee @ferialhaffajee]

Comment: If felt like today is a good reminder about what our jobs are and are not. Thank-you @City_Press , thank-you @GrimbeekYvonne

[janet heard @janetheard]

@QaanitahHunter wow, well done trailblazer

[janet heard @janetheard]

The @PresidencyZA has revealed it is setting up a task team to tackle malnutrition/stunting, following Ramaphosa's SONA. Read further: 'Child stunting and echoes of HIV: What it will take for SA to change course', with key input by @DGMurrayTrust 's David Harrison

[Spotlight @SpotlightNSP]

CHILDHOOD STUNTING | An estimated 27% of children under five are stunted, but this is largely preventable. In this in-depth piece Spotlight asked a leading expert on what concrete steps government could take to end stunting.
https://t.co/rBS1n7acmj

[SANEF @SAEditorsForum]

#survey
Sanef Glass Ceilings Survey 2026

Sanef is calling all women journalists working in South Africa, please fill out Sanef’s Glass ceilings survey.

It will give us a good overview of the state of women in the media and newsroom today, in 2026.

[SANEF @SAEditorsForum]

Call for entries: Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards 2026

https://t.co/wInh3OcFX2