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SABC chair Zandile Tshabalala refuses to step down, saying she has done nothing wrong. “I’m not prepared to step down because I am not guilty of anything,” she told reporters in Johannesburg on Friday. She said a particular political party had a vested interest to destroy her image and that
SABC chair Zandile Tshabalala is trying to create doubt in the public domain to avoid suspension, the Democratic Alliance said on Friday. “Tshabalala’s strategy is abundantly clear. She is attempting to create sufficient doubt
The City of Johannesburg and City Power will remotely switch off geyser control systems to certain areas at specific times to manage electricity control across the city, it said on Friday. “We also appeal to large power users and key business customers to reduce their usage of electricity by switching
SABC chair Zandile Tshabalala’s legal team will review a decision to remove her, and will probably apply for leave to appeal, she said on Friday. “When we get the decision in writing, we will review it,” Tshabalala told reporters in Johannesburg. On Wednesday, parliament’s communications portfolio
The decision by parliament’s communications portfolio committee to recommend SABC chair Zandile Tshabalala’s removal from office was “procedurally unfair”, her lawyer said on Friday. “It implies I had a fair hearing. That was not the case,” Tshabalala’s lawyer Michael Tillney said on her
South Africa needs more research and development. This is what makes the figures from the latest annual R&D survey, conducted by the Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators at the Human Sciences Research Council, disappointing. The country has once again failed
Judgment in an application for leave to appeal a court ruling on the licensing of three porn pay channels was reserved until 10 December by the Western Cape high court on Friday. On Digital Media wants permission to appeal
The Democratic Alliance on Thursday laid a charge of perjury against SABC board chair Zandile Tshabalala. “This follows [parliament’s] communications portfolio committee’s finding yesterday [Wednesday] that Tshabalala
Eskom will start rolling blackouts countrywide at 4pm on Thursday because of low diesel reserves, the parastatal said. “Unfortunately, it is necessary to implement stage two load shedding from 4pm to 10pm,” spokesman Andrew Etzinger
E-mails about a contract could be considered binding, law firm Webber Wentzel said on Thursday. The firm referred to a supreme court of appeal ruling last month that found e-mail negotiations and typed e-mail signatures binding. “Given the pervasive use of e-mail in the workplace and in commercial interactions
