Democratic Alliance MP Marian Shinn has urged communications minister Faith Muthambi to accept the judgment of the supreme court of appeal over the long-running battle over encryption of free-to-air digital terrestrial television signals in
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South African media are censoring good news stories about the country, says SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng. Motsoeneng, speaking on the sidelines of an SABC event
Internet travel booking service Airbnb has revealed how South Africans are using the service to make extra money. It said that local hosts earn on average R28 800/year as tourists make
The SABC plans to beef up local content on its commercial television station to 80% after implementing a similar policy across its radio broadcasts. Earlier this month, the SABC announced that it would implement
Out of eight people who approached ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe’s office with alleged reports of corporate capture of the state, only one handed in a written submission. “It was
The Gupta-owned Oakbay Investments holding company has instituted disciplinary action against its employees who were critical of a letter in which management pleaded with the banks to reopen its accounts. The company is also understood to have taken
The SABC’s decision not to broadcast footage of the destruction of property during news bulletins was nothing less than censorship, the South African National Editors Forum said on Monday. The announcement by the SABC that it would henceforth
The SABC’s decision to stop broadcasting images of violent protests smacks of autocracy and is deeply patronising, trade union federation Cosatu said on Monday. The broadcaster was assuming South Africans were
Communications minister Faith Muthambi says her department respects the editorial independence of the SABC. Last week, the public broadcaster announced that it will no longer broadcast footage of the destruction of public infrastructure
Perimeter security barrier company Cochrane Steel has failed in its bid to overturn a high court judgment on South Africa’s first ever Google AdWords case. In August 2014, Cochrane Steel launched a final interdict at the high court in Johannesburg