What's really going on at Indy?

Just after 11pm on Thursday, 30 October 2014, Raymond Joseph, well-known local journalist, trainer and "fixer of news rooms", tweeted:

More blood on the floor at @CapeTimesSA as news editor quits amidst stories of fear & loathing in the subs & news rooms.

- Raymond Joseph (@rayjoe) October 30, 2014

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But trouble's been brewing for a while already. Before this we had Tony Weaver leaving, based on disciplinary action for his allegedly problematic questioning of the paper's decision to crop a rather well-known logo out of a photo:

.@Toxinews #CapeTimes wants to reserve the right to skew the news to suit their advertisers. https://t.co/aehQkn827q pic.twitter.com/c0UA0fjdcf

- Marius Avenant (@avenant_m) October 31, 2014

If you've ever had doubts about exactly how far up Iqbal Surve's ass Gasant Abader is, read this: http://t.co/KCAMGIdVSM via @brankobrkic

- Ami Kapilevich (@biobot) January 31, 2014

We eagerly await the full story. Whoever's next on the chopping block, we wonder... They'll join an ever-growing list, fallout from what Business Day termed 'the purge' at Independent Media earlier this year.