The Democratic Alliance is undermining the rule of law by using legal rather than administrative processes to remove SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng, the Western Cape high court heard on Wednesday. Vincent Maleka, for communications minister Faith Muthambi, said
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The cabinet has approved the appointment of Tshediso Matona as power utility Eskom’s new CEO, public enterprises minister Lynne Brown announced on Wednesday. “The appointment was approved at a cabinet meeting held in Cape Town today,” Brown told reporters at
Determining whether SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng lied about his qualifications is the golden thread of an application to have his appointment set aside, the Western Cape high court heard on Tuesday. “Dishonesty is dishonesty, wherever it occurs,” said Steven Katz
Five City Power employees have been arrested for allegedly stealing drums of cable worth R4,5m from the Randburg depot in Johannesburg, the power utility said on Tuesday. The three electricians and two team leaders were arrested on Friday and charged with fraud and theft, City Power MD
SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng was headhunted by the broadcaster and it is therefore incorrect to say he misrepresented himself to obtain a position, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Norman Arendse, for Motsoeneng, told the Western Cape high court Motsoeneng was
Communications regulator Icasa was not deceived about the type of content that would be shown on StarSat’s adult pay channels, the Western Cape high court heard on Thursday. Steven Budlender, for On Digital Media (operating as TopTV and later StarSat), said their expert’s comments about channel content at the Icasa public hearing was clearly taken out of context.
It would take two weeks for the South African power system to recover if there was a total nationwide blackout, Eskom said on Tuesday. “The entire country’s blackout recovery time is two weeks, assuming that everything goes smoothly,” Eskom group executive for sustainability Steve Lennon told reporters in Johannesburg. He said if the country had to experience
It is not a crime to distribute pornography to adults on a secure channel, On Digital Media (ODM) argued in the Western Cape high court on Wednesday. Steven Budlender, for ODM, said the Sexual Offences Amendment Act and the Films and Publications Act criminalised the
The decision to launch three adult pay channels on local television is about money, nonprofit organisation Doctors for Life told the Western Cape high court on Tuesday. Reg Willis, for Doctors for Life, argued that the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) had granted the licences to struggling On Digital Media without understanding
Members of the public were sufficiently advised that On Digital Media (ODM) was applying for three adult channels, communications regulator Icasa told the Western Cape high court on Tuesday. Icasa had put notices in the Government Gazette informing that submissions could be made and that there would be a public hearing