The decision by parliament’s communication portfolio committee to recommend the suspension of SABC board chair Zandile Tshabalala on Tuesday was welcomed by the Democratic Alliance. “The unanimity of committee members in this matter is a welcome development in a parliament
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Grand plans for the revamped government communications portfolio have been a bitter disappointment, with the minister of the newly created portfolio, Faith Muthambi, having in effect been sidelined after a disastrous first three months in office. She struggles to speak in public
Disgraced former communications minister Dina Pule and her lieutenants at the department of communications at the time could be in very serious trouble. President Jacob Zuma on Thursday signed a proclamation asking the Special Investigating Unit to probe alleged corruption
The Democratic Alliance on Friday accused the SABC of imposing a “blackout” on a news report involving one of the broadcaster’s senior officials. “An analysis of media reports indicates an SABC news blackout on the issue of SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s salary,” Democratic
Communications regulator Icasa is powering ahead with a plan to license new free-to-air television broadcasters in South Africa to compete with the SABC and e.tv. If new players are licensed, it will be the first time South Africa has had a new free-to-air broadcaster since e.tv
SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng earned R2,9m in 2013, communications minister Faith Muthambi said on Wednesday. In written reply to a parliamentary question by the Democratic Alliance, she said that in 2012 Motsoeneng had earned R2,5m, and in 2011 R1,6m. SABC acting CEO
SABC board chair Zandile Tshabalala has turned on her own colleagues, warning them they will be investigated for the “nondisclosure of potential conflicts of interest” and for leaking “confidential information of the corporation”. She is appointing a panel of investigators to establish
Parliamentary meetings should only be held in-camera in exceptional circumstances and this should not become the norm, the Democratic Alliance said on Monday. “I have asked the chief whip of the DA to raise the issue of in-camera use
Icasa is set to crack open South Africa’s free-to-air television industry to more competition. As South Africa moves to digital broadcasting, the communications regulator is planning to license a third terrestrial player to compete head-on with the SABC and e.tv. If it goes ahead, which
State-owned broadcasting signal distributor Sentech, in partnership with the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), will begin a digital radio trial in October using the digital audio broadcasting plus (DAB+) standard. A separate but related trial is under way using a technology called