South Africa has joined China and Russia in voting against a United Nations resolution on the “promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet”. On Friday, the UN held a vote on the resolution, which seeks
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MTN is hiring the head Absa of Absa’s Corporate and Investment Bank as its vice-president of strategy and mergers & acquisitions. Stephen van Coller will join the telecommunications group on 1 October 2016
Almost 100 staff of communications regulator Icasa went on strike on Monday over a pay and human resource policies dispute. Over 70 workers picketed outside Icasa’s head office in Sandton while another 27 staff went on strike
Former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi intends asking the constitutional court to reverse the SABC’s decision to stop showing footage of violent protests. “If [the SABC] hides some images away, if there are instructions to
The Helen Suzman Foundation has launched an urgent court bid to stop the SABC from implementing its decision to censor reporting of protests. The application is against the SABC, its board, chief operating officer
Seven former SABC executives have written to President Jacob Zuma, communications minister Faith Muthambi and SABC chairman Mbulaheni Maguvhe, criticising events at the public broadcaster. The seven include
Former SABC boss Jimi Matthews said that the broadcaster made sure the Economic Freedom Fighters received “limited coverage” at the behest of chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng, eNCA reported on
A civil society meeting to co-ordinate further protests against the SABC is scheduled to take place on Monday. The campaign is being organised by the Right2Know (R2K) campaign and the Save our SABC Coalition. Last week
The allegations of censorship at the SABC are very serious and should be investigated, the ANC said on Friday. There was no place in a constitutional democracy for censorship and the ANC expected the SABC to deal with
Bill Ford’s seen the future, and it’s crowded. The great grandson of both Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, now executive chairman of Ford Motor Co, certainly knows his way around cars. What he doesn’t know is how they’re going