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Cape Times, Cape Town, Wednesday, 
25 November 2009 

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Naspers cashes in on pay-TV
AFRICA'S largest media group, Naspers, has reported a 6% increase in revenue to R13.5-billion for the six months ended September, driven by a strong performance from its pay-TV and Internet segments, writes Adele Shevel in The Times.
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Freelancers freed in Somalia after 15 months
TWO freelance journalists, one from Canada and the other from Australia, are in a Nairobi hotel after being freed from Mogadishu where they have been in captivity for the last 15 months, writes Dennis Itumbi for journalism.co.za.
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Uganda station sacks presenters to appease govt
SUUBI FM, one of the four Ugandan FM stations closed during the September riots in the central region (Buganda), has sacked four presenters in an attempt to persuade the government to reopen it, writes Dennis Itumbi for journalism.co.za.
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Journalism does not depend on print
Newspaper circulation figures are way down, and it may be this is not just the recession speaking, but a more fundamental shift away from print, writes Thabo Leshilo in The Times. But fortunately journalism does not depend on print, and Internet news sites are beginning to take off.  
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The many shapes of journalism
The country could take a leaf out of the journalist profession on how not to make expedient use of the easiest and laziest card of all – race - for various downfalls, writes Glenda Daniels. The imminent launch of a new organisation for professional journalism shows the way forward, where race is not an issue any more.
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New Zim ventures face massive skills challenge
There seems to be movement towards the liberalising of the Zimbabwean media landscape, and several publishers are waiting in the wings to launch new newspapers. But they will face a major challenge in finding skilled journalists, with large number of experienced staff having been driven into exile, purged from the state media or simply having left the profession, writes Guthrie Munyuki for journalism.co.za.
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