The SABC is set to spend R100m more on staff salaries and paying board members. This is according to the public broadcaster’s new corporate plan for 2015/2016 to 2017/2018, which also says revenues are “constrained” amid advertisers cutting back “as a result of
Communications minister Faith Muthambi on Tuesday revindicated sweeping powers to hire and fire the SABC’s top staff and initiate the removal of board members. Briefing MPs, she challenged the notion that the SABC was an independent public broadcaster
Communications regulator Icasa is “obliged” to investigate the jamming of cellular signals and other incidents that led to an “unprecedented contravention of media freedom” during the state-of-the-nation
Communications minister Faith Muthambi has signed a secretive SABC memorandum of incorporation that strips the SABC board of its statutory powers. The memorandum gives Muthambi and SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng overall control of the
The large amount of coverage President Jacob Zuma receives is based on the fact he is the president of the country, SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng said on Wednesday. “All of us
Communications minister Faith Muthambi lashed out at Democratic Alliance spokesman Gavin Davis on Wednesday after he accused her of meddling in the SABC board. “The minister is calling upon honourable
Communications minister Faith Muthambi has denied that she is considering suspending some members of the SABC board. This is after Democratic Alliance MP Gavin Davis said in a statement on Tuesday that the party understood “from several sources” that Muthambi
SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng says getting a “piece of paper” when you complete matric is not enough, The Citizen reported on Wednesday. “You have two kinds of people in this world. You have certificated people and educated people. You
The Western Cape high court has reserved judgment in the matter involving the suspension of SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng, Beeld newspaper reported on Friday. The court heard an interim application on Thursday by the Democratic Alliance that a high court order
Next year was meant to be a big one for South Africa’s technology industry. Years ago, under the Mbeki administration, the government agreed with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) that the country would switch off analogue terrestrial television broadcasts by 17 June 2015. Countries
