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In May, staff at the Mail & Guardian were served with Section 189 notices informing them that the publication was initiating a process of retrenchment.
The figures are stark. Out of a newsroom that employs just 25 permanent staff, approximately half now face losing their jobs. A total of 24 positions across editorial, administration and IT were identified as affected, with 12 redundancies anticipated.
The reasons provided in the notices were familiar to an industry under siege.
