Duncan McLeod
Roy Padayachie, Gupta stooge?
If former communications minister Roy Padayachie was doing the Guptas’ bidding, as his predecessor, Siphiwe Nyanda, now suggests, it’s deeply disappointing.
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Marian Shinn
Clarity needed on digital TV review
The Democratic Alliance has written to communications minister Nomvula Mokonyane to request clarity on the mandate of her newly appointed Broadcasting Digital Migration Advisory Council
Opinion
State capture in broadcasting: a conspiracy of dunces
Last week, deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo said as chairman of the commission of inquiry into allegations of state capture, corruption and fraud that his hope is that once the commission has completed
News
DA gives poor grades to ICT ministers
In its annual assessment of the cabinet, the Democratic Alliance has given poor grades to the ministers of communications and telecommunications & postal services. South Africa’s largest opposition party scored telecoms
News
MultiChoice to open probe into ANN7 deal
MultiChoice on Friday morning said that it is aware that its deal with ANN7 has caused “real public concern”. The broadcaster’s board has instructed its audit and risk committees to probe the contract. In a statement, MultiChoice
Duncan McLeod
Naspers must commission MultiChoice probe
Naspers urgently needs to appoint an independent auditor or law firm to get to the bottom of the scandal now threatening to engulf its subsidiary, pay-television operator MultiChoice. If any evidence of malfeasance is found, executives
News
DA wants parliamentary probe into ANN7 deal
The Democratic Alliance has called on MultiChoice to publish the contracts it entered into with the Gupta-owned 24-hour news channel ANN7 along with the record of negotiations with the channel. It also wants parliament to
Marian Shinn
Public protector must act on set-top boxes
The public protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, can no longer ignore the Democratic Alliance’s request for a probe into the procurement process of the government-sponsored set-top-boxes – a key component of the broadcast digital
Marian Shinn
Set-top box report must be made public
Communications minister Ayanda Dlodlo must release the report arising from the investigation into the procurement process for the state-sponsored set-top box procurement process in the light of the publication
News
Outa lays treason charges against Faith Muthambi
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse has laid charges of treason against former communications minister Faith Muthambi. Muthambi, who was controversially appointed as minister of public service & administration