Editors: The problem with good news...

Though most newspapers report on good news, it is often difficult to do or hard for readers to notice, say Ferial Haffajee and Nic Dawes.

• Bonette social media ruling analysed
• Nzimande insult law comments 'startling'
• SCA dismisses appeal against M&G

Gallery to remove The Spear from website

The settlement between the ANC and the Goodman Gallery did not include an agreement on removing the picture from their website, but the gallery director says the image will be taken down at some point.

• ANC to withdraw Spear case
• The Spear belongs in 'museum of shame'
• Spear spat not over, says FPB

Drop art court challenge: FXI

The ANC should drop its court challenge to ban the controversial painting The Spear, says the Freedom of Expression Institute.

• Ombud to hear Spear complaints
• Gallery won't take down The Spear - reports
• City Press boycott called off

Board overstepping legal mandate - lawyer

The Film and Publication Board has no legal jurisdiction to classify content published or broadcast by media outlets, says the lawyer representing City Press.

• The Spear not classified yet: FPB
• FPB's hearing into Zuma's Spear continues
• Porn or not: Film board to hear Spear defence

Too early to discuss sales - City Press

It is too early to determine the sales of Sunday's edition of City Press after a boycott called by the SACP and the ANC, says Fikile Moya, the newspaper's deputy editor.

• ANCWL hails Haffajee for removing Spear
• The Spear is down – out of care and fear
• The Spear removal unfortunate: DA

Spear controversy not over for ANC

The ANC has welcomed the removal of a controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma from City Press's website, but still wants an apology.

• We want to restore calm - Haffajee
• Haffajee: Newspaper will take down Spear
• Haffajee apologises to Zuma's daughter

Haffajee: Newspaper will take down Spear

City Press editor, Ferial Haffajee, said that the newspaper would likely remove the image of The Spear from its website because the controversy had “taken an enormous toll on her and her staff”.

• Haffajee apologises to Zuma's daughter
• ANCYL: ANC silencing views of the people
• Malema: I will buy City Press

Malindi: Why I broke down in court

President Jacob Zuma’s advocate Gcina Malindi says his emotional breakdown in court “shouldn’t have happened”.

• Heated exchange led to advocate's tears
• Zuma art case postponed indefinitely
• Zuma artist refuses to comment

City Press disturbed by boycott call

City Press editor-in-chief Ferial Haffajee says she is "deeply disturbed" by the SACP's calls to boycott the newspaper over its coverage of the controversial artwork The Spear.

• 'Dignity rights don't apply to presidency'
• Why I did it, Zuma vandal explains
• Cleric ordered to retract stoning statement

Zuma is no paragon of virtue: Haffajee

City Press editor Ferial Haffajee says South Africa is sexually aware and satirically sussed, with a president known for having many wives who has done more to impugn his own dignity than any artist ever could.

• The spear of the nation stays up
• City Press firm on Zuma portrait
• GALLERY: Hail to the Thief II

Maharaj charges City Press

Mac Maharaj, President Jacob Zuma’s spindoctor, and his wife, Zarina, have used an obscure remnant of apartheid law to lay a criminal complaint against City Press and Media24 Investigations over efforts to reveal details of their alleged lies to state investigators.

• Mac ‘broke the law’
• Mac's secrets
• ‘We note Zuma’s mistakes’

ANC denies slating Mbete over party

The ANC has taken issue with a news report that its chairperson Baleka Mbete has been slated for giving details about the cost of its centenary celebrations.

• Mbete slated after blowing lid on R100m party
• ANC birthday party to cost R100m
• ANC asks Transnet for party money

Miyeni column: Haffajee won't sue

City Press editor-in-chief Ferial Haffajee will no longer take axed Sowetan columnist Eric Miyeni to court.

• Haffajee has integrity, Miyeni says
• Miyeni considering suing over sacking
• I believe what I wrote about Ferial Haffajee - Miyeni

Haffajee to seek counsel over column

City Press editor Ferial Haffajee says she will seek advice on what to do about columnist Eric Miyeni's description of her as a "black snake" who might have been necklaced during the apartheid era.

• Miyeni considering suing over sacking
• I believe what I wrote about Ferial Haffajee - Miyeni
• ANCYL demands meeting with Sowetan

Miyeni considering suing over sacking

Columnist Eric Miyeni is considering taking legal action against his former bosses for sacking him over a column in which he called City Press editor Ferial Haffajee "an agent for white capitalists".

• Malema's call for economic freedom important: Miyeni
• ANCYL demands meeting with Sowetan
• I believe what I wrote about Ferial Haffajee - Miyeni

ANCYL demands meeting with Sowetan

The ANC Youth League has requested a meeting with the "rightwing" Sowetan newspaper to demand an explanation for firing columnist Eric Miyeni.

• I believe what I wrote about Ferial Haffajee - Miyeni
• Miyeni surprised by reaction to Haffajee column
• Haffajee to sue Sowetan columnist

Sowetan cans controversial columnist

The Sowetan has terminated Eric Miyeni’s column after a controversial piece about City Press editor Ferial Haffajee caused outrage.

• Miyeni surprised by reaction to Haffajee column
• City Press editor 'sows discord among blacks'
• Haffajee to sue Sowetan columnist

City Press editor 'sows discord among blacks'

Sowetan columnist Eric Miyeni has launched a scathing attack on City Press editor Ferial Haffajee, saying she is a “black snake in the grass, deployed by white capital to sow discord among blacks”.

• Malema's secret fund
• Malema paid R2m cash for house
• Malema's R1.2m car

ANCYL slams City Press over Malema story

The ANC Youth League says City Press journalists and its editor are "puppets" of "masters" bent on protecting ill-gotten wealth.

• Limpopo ANCWL backs Malema
• Julius Malema trust is no secret - ANCYL
• Malema attacked over nationalisation - ANCYL

Malema 'secret fund': ANCYL to respond

The ANC Youth League will hold a press conference to respond to reports that its president Julius Malema has a trust fund to sponsor his "lavish lifestyle".

• Net tightens round Malema
• Malema's farm plot under land claim
• Malema's R1.2m car

Malema interdict application fails

ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has failed in his application for an urgent court interdict to prevent City Press from publishing details of a claimed trust fund, the newspaper’s editor Ferial Haffajee says.

• Malema: My money is nobody's business
• Malema denies building R16m house
• Malema forks out R78 000 in cash for 5-star break

ANC vs ANC on May 18 - report

ANC dissidents are likely to stand as independent candidates in four provinces in the local election, setting a massive poser for the governing party, according to City Press research.

• DA urges ANC support in corruption fight
• Jacob Zuma gets 49% approval rating
• Booing: 'Zuma should've intervened'

City Press defends Buthelezi story

City Press has defended its story on IFP president Mangosuthu Buthelezi's alleged illegitimate children, saying he was given the opportunity to answer the simple question: "Is he their daddy?"

• Buthelezi silent on 'love children'

Swaziland bans City Press?

The City Press appears to have been unofficially banned in Swaziland for covering the royal sex scandal involving one of the 14 wives of absolute monarch King Mswati and a minister.