In July 2021, I wrote that we had a leadership crisis. That has not changed, in fact if anything, it has deepened. In that same article, I referenced the state of our media and its role to play in ensuring that our fractured democracy has the chance to knit and bind through the telling of all sides of South Africa’s multi-layered story.The media have failed. Just as surely as our leaders.It is difficult for me as a media owner to come out and state this, but it is true. Our media are at war with one another and the only victims suffering, are the people whose stories we should be…
