The SABC board has moved to suspend CEO Solly Mokoetle, it emerged on Tuesday. The news was revealed soon after the Western Cape high court overruled attempts by parliament to hold a briefing on the latest trouble at the public broadcaster behind closed doors. “They have served him with a legal letter with the intention to suspend him and he has been given an ‘x’ number of days — exactly how many days I don’t know — to respond to the letter to explain why he should not be suspended,” said Ismail Vadi, chairman of parliament’s portfolio committee on communications.
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Parliament’s portfolio committee on communications, chaired by ANC MP Ismail Vadi, has summoned the boards of the SABC and Sentech to answer questions about problems affecting both organisations. The committee on Thursday said it had “decided to invite the full board of the SABC to appear before it on 24 August 2010”.
The SOS Campaign has raised serious concerns that proposed changes to the Icasa Act would undermine the independence of the…
Parliament’s communications portfolio committee on Tuesday announced the names of candidates shortlisted to be interviewed for four positions on the…
The decision last week by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) to reduce mobile termination rates was not unexpected. What the industry didn’t expect was for the regulator to move as quickly as it has to reduce fixed-line rates
The latest edition of the magazine, African Communications, carries a feature article by Arthur Goldstuck on the key trends in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector since last year. In it, he states
Parliament’s portfolio committee on communications will interrogate senior management at state-owned signal distributor Sentech on two weeks’ time. The committee…
It appears that SA politicians are getting increasingly fed-up with the country’s mobile operators. ANC MP Ismail Vadi, chairman of…
In 2007, when the ANC asked Ismail Vadi to become chairman of the important parliamentary portfolio committee on communications, he…
SA’s technology industry grabbed more public attention in 2009 than it has in years. In spite of the recession, the…