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The Right2Know campaign on Monday welcomed the resignation of acting SABC CEO Jimi Matthews. “The stormy departure of someone as senior as the CEO is telling of just how bad things have become at the broadcaster, and it shows

The national treasury has submitted a report to the constitutional court on how much President Jacob Zuma must pay for non-security upgrades at his Nkandla homestead. “All queries regarding the matter should be directed

Three SABC employees who were served with suspension letters for allegedly contravening an order by the public broadcaster not to cover protest actions are taking the broadcaster and its chief operating officer

Three SABC journalists have taken their boss, chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng, to task over his censorship of the news and for his decision to suspend three of their colleagues. In a strongly worded letter addressed to

Veteran journalist and SABC acting CEO Jimi Matthews has quit, saying in his resignation letter that what is happening at the state-owned broadcaster is “wrong” and that he can “no longer be a part of it”. Matthews tweeted a copy

Four executives of four Gupta-owned companies ambushed finance minister Pravin Gordhan on PowerFM on Sunday night with questions focusing on the blacklisting of their bank accounts. In his response, Gordhan revealed for the

No empirical evidence was used to back up the SABC’s decision to ban coverage of violent protests, an Independent Communications Authority of South Africa public hearing was told on Friday. “Is there any evidence that would

Naspers is seeking to further boost its international Internet business as it grapples with falling pay-television subscription numbers in sub-Saharan Africa. The company, which usually spends half a billion dollars

Chinese Internet giant Tencent and e-commerce businesses have helped lift Naspers’s revenues by 6% to US$12,2bn for the financial year ended 31 March 2016. In its full-year results, Naspers reported on Friday that its