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online reporting by INDependent journalist Dean Sterling Jones

Tag: Tim Noakes

  • Hewers CEO Loses It

    Hewers crisis manager accuses me of “cyber bullying bordering on defamation” for accurately reporting what it says on his website Yesterday I blogged about Hewers, a self-proclaimed “niche market crisis communication and issues management advisors protecting personal and brand reputation.” Hewers CEO Neeran Naidoo (source) Hewers states on the front page of its website that it “was…

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  • Unappealing

    Crisis management reps for complainant in “Banting for Babies trial” say they were inspired by controversial “apartheid architect” Hendrik Verwoerd I recently blogged about the Association for Dietetics in South Africa (ADSA), whose former president reported University of Capetown professor Tim Noakes to medical authorities for a single tweet in February 2014 (click here to read more). ADSA…

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  • ADSA Doubles Down

    “Highly unprofessional” – Attempts by South African dietetics organisation to manage PR “crisis” backfire, but spin doctor Neeran Naidoo still won’t answer uncomfortable questions about “Kafka-esque” Tim Noakes inquiry Last month, I blogged about the Association for Dietetics in South Africa (ADSA), who recently hired a PR “crisis manager” to answer uncomfortable questions about the “Kafka-esque trial” of University of…

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  • ADSA in Crisis

    The Association for Dietetics in South Africa hires crisis management company to answer uncomfortable questions about “Kafka-esque” Tim Noakes inquiry Last week, professor Tim Noakes was found not guilty of unprofessional conduct after a lengthy legal battle lasting just under two years. Some critics have referred to the inquiry as being a “trial,” a nod to Franz Kafka’s 1925 novel about “one…

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