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An old colleague and friend, the documentary filmmaker, Gerard van Niekerk, suggested I check out the GROK app. I downloaded and tried out a few things, but was underwhelmed. Gerard suggested that I ask GROK who I was/about me, instead. This, below, came up. It was a bit disturbing. One fact that GROK got wrong…
I have started writing what would be a regular column for Muslim Views, a newspaper based in Cape Town. The column will deal specifically with global issues that affect Islam and the Muslim world, and muslim-majority countries like Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Malaysia and Indonesia, and, of course, the people of Palestine. I will…
I wrote a couple of pieces on journalism and the news media, in general, in my Daily Maverick column. I place excerpts, here, with links to the original posts. All my Daily Maverick columns are available here. Click on image to get to the column
I was interviewed by SmileFM about my Daily Maverick column of 30 April 2025. Click on the photograph for direct link to the column, and listen to SoundCloud recording below.
I was interviewed yesterday by Nqaba Mabece of SAFM about my Daily Maverick column about the challenges that face journalists and journalism. Below is a screenshot of the column. Full column can be read, here.