The Democratic Alliance has accused communications minister Faith Muthambi of embarking on a R600 000 “junket” to the US, where she visited a luxury goods show and a folk art festival. DA MP Gavin Davis said on Thursday that Muthambi
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The minds of student journalists are being poisoned by lecturers who are misleading them about South Africa, SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng said on Monday. Motsoeneng’s comment
It was clear from the department of communications’ briefing to parliament on Tuesday that digital terrestrial television migration is a never-ending project with an undetermined cost to taxpayers
Two months after missing the international deadline for switching from analogue to digital terrestrial television, South Africa has still not begun commercial digital broadcasts. However, the department of communications said in parliament on Tuesday that it is
The department of telecommunications & postal services (DTPS) wants corporate sponsors to help it pay for events meant to schmooze journalists and improve its public image, The Star reported on Wednesday. The newspaper said the department
Communications minister Faith Muthambi’s legal advisor, Lungisani Daniel Mantsha, has been struck off the Law Society of the Northern Provinces’ roll since 2007, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday. This revelation meant that any legal advice Mantsha
More than 14 000 people have signed an online petition launched on Thursday against the Film and Publication Board’s (FPB’s) draft online regulations. “A new set of regulations threatens
South Africa’s online environment has evolved significantly in recent years. The number of people with access to the Internet has grown tremendously, and the ways in which people access information and knowledge differ quite markedly compared to just a
The 90-day period for public comment on the Film & Publication Board’s draft online regulation policy ended yesterday, and it is already clear that opposition to the draft policy from industry, civil
New SABC CEO Frans Matlala said the public broadcaster in future will tell the truth but will also be “balancing the perspective”. He further said that he will be spending the next three months talking to various