Parliament’s ad hoc committee looking into the SABC and its board will begin its hearing into the broadcaster on 29 November. The ad hoc committee met for the first time on Tuesday to begin
Author: Agency Staff
The Right2Know Campaign (R2K) on Tuesday commended the SABC 8 for refusing to back down in the face of intimidation and death threats. With news of threats to the journalists’ lives emerging at the weekend
President Jacob Zuma has accepted the resignation of two more SABC board members. “President Jacob Zuma has received and accepted the resignations of Ms Vuyo Mhlakaza and Dr Aaron Tshidzumba
Apple is weighing an expansion into digital glasses, a risky but potentially lucrative area of wearable computing, according to people familiar with the matter. While still in an exploration phase, the device would connect wirelessly
Facebook’s WhatsApp has finally joined rivals from WeChat to Snapchat in offering video calls. The messaging service, responding to popular demand, will begin rolling out the long-awaited feature to its billion-plus users across
Investors are betting on a South African rate increase as inflation expectations surge in the wake of a collapse in the rand. Forward-rate agreements starting in 12 months, used to speculate on policy moves, added 40 basis
Two trade unions want former SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng to personally pay the legal costs they incurred in their fight to help eight SABC journalists who were unlawfully fired. He should take responsibility for the decision
Twitter has announced new measures to crack down on the hate speech and online abuse pervading its social media platform. In the wake of a contentious US election, the micro-blogging site has seen its
President Jacob Zuma has declined to answer written questions from MPs around the findings in former public protector Thuli Madonsela’s State of Capture report. In parliamentary replies released on Monday, Zuma gave a
The Democratic Alliance has submitted an application in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act to obtain all documents from the Gauteng education department relating to smart board roll-outs and school nutrition tenders. “We have