Kevin Ritchie

4 days ago | citizen.co.za | Kevin Ritchie

Developing a sustainable tourism economy in this country has been a buzzword forever. Everyone believes it’s the silver bullet. It’ll create jobs, sustain the associated industries and help transform the township economies. And it should. We are inordinately blessed with tourism drawcards from the environment to our history – basically anywhere you go in South Africa. This is an incredible country with a fantastic story to share. Gauteng, in particular, is as always unfairly blessed.

4 days ago | flipboard.com | Kevin Ritchie

Developing a sustainable tourism economy in this country has been a buzzword forever. Everyone believes it’s the silver bullet. It’ll create jobs, …

1 week ago | citizen.co.za | Kevin Ritchie

Saturday was World Press Freedom Day. There wouldn’t have been too much of a song and dance about it on the day for the simple reason that there aren’t too many Saturday newspapers left. It’s a bitter pill for those who laboured for years on a Friday night trying to bloody the noses of the big Sunday papers by ruining their exclusives, while producing an edition that was truly a hybrid of a daily paper and a weekly packed with features and interviews; the news behind the news.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Kevin Ritchie

Journalism’s battle for survival starts with readers who careSaturday was World Press Freedom Day. There wouldn’t have been too much of a song and dance about it on the day for the simple reason that there …

2 weeks ago | citizen.co.za | Kevin Ritchie

There are three working days this week, two if you’re lucky and none if you’re studying. It’s an absolute boon if you prefer sitting at home or taking a break. It is a production nightmare if you are a business owner. South Africa has 12 public holidays, with the added bonus of a Monday off if the actual holiday fell that year on a Sunday – as happened with Freedom Day this weekend.