KarynMaughan
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KarynMaughan
@karynmaughan.bsky.social
News24 journalist. Proud South African. Eternal optimist, rooting for the underdog.
Threatening the Mkhwebane inquiry chairperson, falsely accusing former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela of criminality and addressing Chief Justice Mandisa Maya with "sexual
innuendo" are just three of the 7 misconduct charges advocate Dali Mpofu is now facing.

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'Your day will come,' Mpofu once warned Dyantyi, and it has... but it's come for Mpofu | News24
Threatening the Mkhwebane inquiry chairperson, falsely accusing former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela of criminality and addressing Chief Justice Mandisa Maya with "sexual innuendo" are just three o...
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April 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Welcomed news, but not unexpected; we highlighted the severe harassment @karynmaughan.bsky.social faced, particularly this ongoing presidential SLAPP suit, in a recent interview; link in thread...
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Zuma suffers 8th loss in his private prosecution campaign against Downer, Maughan | News24
Former president Jacob Zuma has suffered an eighth legal loss in his campaign to privately prosecute State advocate Billy Downer and News24 reporter Karyn Maughan, after the Constitutional Court unani...
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March 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Award-winning investigative legal journalist @karynmaughan.bsky.social shares key learnings on remaining true to the essence of journalism while countering disinformation, confronting the abuse of power – and facing down a presidential SLAPP suit.
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Trumping the trolls: Lessons in overcoming the new digital authoritarian playbook
2025-03-21. As South Africa marked Human Rights Day, award-winning investigative legal journalist Karyn Maughan shares key learnings on remaining true to the essence of journalism while countering dis...
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March 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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As online abuse skyrockets, the world’s first online safety editor @ReachPLC’s @rebeccawmedia.bsky.social, and SA legal journalist @karynmaughan.bsky.social share insights into countering hate, authoritarianism, and presidential SLAPP suits. In our latest newsletter, here: bit.ly/4iRudx5
March 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Weirdly, I got informed by X that my account would be “permanently suspended” because of “confirmed” copyright infringements - linked to a picture I took of myself and a statement I posted from South Africa’s Office of the Chief Justice.
Appealing is an exercise in futility. 1/2
February 15, 2025 at 6:08 AM
AgriSA - which protects and promotes the interest of the farming community in South Africa - has slammed US President Donald Trump's social media claim that South Africa is "confiscating land", after tensions between Pretoria and Washington escalated this week.
The claims aren’t true, it says.
February 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I am genuinely so grateful for the friends I have.
At this moment particularly, community and connection feels like something very precious.
And worth protecting.
January 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
January 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“What it basically means is: to change the perception of reality of every American to such an extent that despite of the abundance of information no one is able to come to sensible conclusions in the interest of defending themselves, their families…and their country.”

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39 years ago, a KGB defector chillingly predicted modern America
A former KGB agent named Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov claimed in 1984 that Russia has a long-term goal of ideologically subverting the U.S.
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January 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Mbenenge: Unpacking the sad, sordid evidence led in SA’s first judicial sexual harassment tribunal

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Mbenenge: Unpacking the sad, sordid evidence led in SA’s first judicial sexual harassment tribunal | News24
Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge’s sexual harassment accuser has testified she responded “it’s nice” to a pornographic collage he sent her because she knew that answer would please him - bu...
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January 18, 2025 at 6:23 AM
A secretary has testified Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge sent her subsequently deleted images of “his private part” - and says she saved them.
The judge, who is the first in South Africa to face a sexual harassment inquiry, has denied sending the images.
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Mbenenge sexual harassment accuser says he sent her 'private part' images – but he denies it | News24
High Court secretary Andiswa Mengo has testified that Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge sent her subsequently deleted WhatsApp stickers of "his private part with hair exactly the same colour...
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January 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Fraser, SSA's R9 billion in missing assets: Evidence was wrong, says Zondo - it was R9 million

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Fraser, SSA's R9 billion in missing assets: Evidence was wrong, says Zondo - it was R9 million | News24
Former Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has admitted that State Capture Inquiry evidence that State Security Agency assets worth R9 billion were recorded as missing during then spy boss Arthur Fraser's ten...
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January 13, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Love how the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Foundation ends its statement on the passing of former US President #JimmyCarter.

What a man. What a life. ❤️
December 30, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Karyn Maughan | Absence of shame about SA's GBV culture is killing women – and destroying men

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Karyn Maughan | Absence of shame about SA's GBV culture is killing women – and destroying men | News24
After years of reporting on men accused of raping and killing women and children, Karyn Maughan writes, she has learnt that most perpetrators never admit what they have done, and that absence of shame...
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December 29, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Free State Judge President Cagney Musi is adamant his court’s judges can and should decide the “asbestos scam” case against former Premier Ace Magashule – as the state comes under fire for requesting a judge from outside the province.

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Granting NPA request that outside judge decide Magashule trial would be 'folly' – FS Judge President | News24
Free State Judge President Cagney Musi is adamant his court's judges can and should decide the "asbestos scam" case against former premier Ace Magashule – as the State comes under fire for requesting ...
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December 19, 2024 at 4:20 AM
Bolstered by a Competition Commission finding that the banks that cut ties with the Sekunjalo group had potentially violated competition law, Iqbal Surve and his companies have launched urgent legal action to force Nedbank to reopen their closed accounts.

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Buoyed by the Competition Commission, Survé tries to force Nedbank to reopen Sekunjalo accounts | News24
Bolstered by a Competition Commission finding that the banks that cut ties with the Sekunjalo Group had potentially violated competition law, Iqbal Survé and his companies have launched urgent legal a...
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December 12, 2024 at 12:30 PM