{"id":42731,"date":"2026-10-07T12:47:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T10:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/editorial-policy\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T12:47:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T10:47:39","slug":"editorial-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/editorial-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial Standards and Corrections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What&#8217;s On G publishes news, guides and service information for Gauteng residents and visitors, under the mandate of the <a href=\"\/whats-on-g\/about-whats-on-g\/\">Gauteng Tourism Authority<\/a>. These are the standards we hold ourselves to.<\/p><div id=\"gaute-2357387978\" class=\"gaute-after-paragraph-1 gaute-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 30px;margin-bottom: 30px;\"><div class=\"gaute-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1852772760112594\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1852772760112594\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"1819787043\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accuracy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facts, figures, dates and prices are checked against primary or official sources before publication wherever possible. Where information is time-sensitive (fuel prices, grant payment dates, lottery results), the article states the date it applies to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Automated and assisted content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some service content &#8211; such as daily lottery results &#8211; is produced with automation and published under the <strong>What&#8217;s On G Results Desk<\/strong>. That automation verifies data against multiple independent sources before anything is published, and is monitored by the editorial team; the process is described in <a href=\"\/whats-on-g\/how-we-verify-lottery-results\/\">How We Verify Lottery Results<\/a>. Editorial features and news reporting carry the byline of the staff writer responsible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Corrections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we get something wrong, we correct the article and, where the error is material, note the correction on the page. To request a correction, email <a href=\"mailto:info@gauteng.net\">info@gauteng.net<\/a> with the article link and the issue; requests are reviewed by the editorial team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advertising<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Advertising is clearly labelled and does not influence editorial decisions. Revenue supports the Gauteng Tourism Authority&#8217;s mandate, as described on our <a href=\"\/whats-on-g\/about-whats-on-g\/\">ownership page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s On G publishes news, guides and service information for Gauteng residents and visitors, under the mandate of the Gauteng Tourism Authority. These are the standards we hold ourselves to. Accuracy Facts, figures, dates and prices are checked against primary or official sources before publication wherever possible. Where information is time-sensitive (fuel prices, grant payment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42731","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}