In a development that is likely to send shockwaves through South Africa’s information and communications technology (ICT) industry, President Jacob Zuma has replaced his hard-working communications minister, Yunus Carrim, with Siyabonga Cwele, formerly the minister of state security
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In the days following this week’s general election – the most interesting since 1994 – the focus will shift to who president Jacob Zuma will name to his new cabinet. Whatever shuffling he decides to do, he should leave the communications portfolio in the hands
SABC bosses were protecting their positions when they decided not to broadcast an advertisement by the Democratic Alliance, party leader Helen Zille said on Saturday. “They are terrified for their positions because he [president Jacob Zuma] deployed them,” she
With 45 days to go before the national elections, political parties have intensified their campaigning. On Saturday, the Democratic Alliance launched its online advert which featured the party’s spokesman Mmusi Maimane in president Jacob Zuma’s home village, Nkandla. The advert, which is slightly longer than a minute, focused on the
Regulation of South Africa’s communications technology sector needs to be strengthened to ensure that costs come down and broadband speeds improve, government’s Twenty Year Review, released by president Jacob Zuma on Tuesday, says. The purpose of this Twenty Year Review is to reflect on the legacy inherited by
The Special Investigating Unit will probe the validity of a tender awarded by the department of communications, the presidency said on Tuesday. “President Jacob Zuma has signed a proclamation authorising the SIU to investigate certain matters relating to
Communications minister Yunus Carrim has welcomed the decision by president Jacob Zuma to direct the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to probe “allegations of serious maladministration” at the Post Office. Zuma signed a proclamation directing the SIU to investigate “serious maladministration
People from all around the world turned to the social networking site Twitter to send their condolences to the family of former president Nelson Mandela. Just before midnight on Thursday, President Jacob Zuma said Mandela, 95, had died at his Houghton residence. “He passed on peacefully
Just days after government warned the media against publishing images of President Jacob Zuma’s controversial Nkandla private estate, TechCentral – working in collaboration with Eyewitness News – can exclusively reveal detailed new imagery of the homestead, upgrades to which have cost
President Jacob Zuma has received and accepted the resignation of Noluthando Gosa from the board of the SABC, the presidency said on Monday. “President Zuma thanked Ms Gosa for her contribution to taking forward the work of the public broadcaster over a period of time