President Jacob Zuma’s daughter, Thuthukile, was appointed chief of staff at the department of telecommunications and postal services after consideration of her “capacity” for the position, the department said on Friday. “Thuthukile Zuma’s appointment … is consistent with the rules and regulations
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Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko is under investigation after being implicated in an alleged car licensing cloning case, the City of Johannesburg said on Friday. “Whatever is happening in terms of allegations about him [Maseko] being on the wrong side of the law is being investigated by the Johannesburg metro police department
A stadium in Bluegumbosch, QwaQwa, in the Free State, will be renamed after SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng, The New Age reported on Friday. “It was decided unopposed by the community that the facility be named after Motsoeneng because the people felt he had done a lot of good things
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) is reviewing the country’s content regulations for television and radio, it said on Friday. Before making the regulations final, the public would be called on to make comments about a discussion document published by Icasa, spokesman Paseka Maleka said
Gallo Images is looking into possibly purchasing the South African Press Association (Sapa), the news agency’s chairman said on Thursday. “Gallo is doing a due diligence process, where they are looking at the model, the production issues, the IT requirements, and they are also looking how it could be possible for
Communications minister Faith Muthambi has filed papers opposing the Democratic Alliance’s court challenge to the appointment of SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng. “I have already done that,” she told reporters at
Independent Newspapers on Thursday accused Mail & Guardian owner Trevor Ncube of seeking a public spat because he had failed to acquire a portion of it. “Since the failure of his attempted acquisition of a portion of our
Independent Newspapers’ group executive editor Karima Brown on Wednesday accused Mail & Guardian owner Trevor Ncube of telling an “odd bare-faced lie”. “Mr Ncube has called to question the integrity and professionalism of the Independent journalists who have produced our stories on his
South Africa is producing too few doctoral graduates, science and technology minister Naledi Pandor said on Tuesday. Opening debate in parliament on her department’s R6,47bn budget, she told MPs the country currently turned
Roads agency Sanral will heed transport minister Dipuo Peters’ call for the prosecution of non-paying e-toll users to be halted for now. Sanral spokesman Vusi Mona said that the company acted according to its shareholder’s directive. “The minister represents the shareholder – the government