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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

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

Encrypted digital television set-top boxes risk being expensive for government and burdening poorer South Africans with defunct technology, says pay-TV provider MultiChoice. Set-top boxes are key to South Africa’s

Communications minister Faith Muthambi has moved to appeal a high court ruling that upheld that SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s appointment was irrational. On 23 May, Western Cape high court judge Dennis

Former SABC CEO Solly Mokoetle has gone missing, communications minister Faith Muthambi said on Tuesday. Mokoetle disappeared on Friday. Muthambi had been in touch with his family in

The Congress of the People has blasted the SABC for its coverage of the ongoing protests in Tshwane, Pretoria. “ANC cadres acted criminally and violently in Tshwane on Monday. It left those who experienced it traumatised and