Browsing: Jacob Zuma

The Democratic Alliance has welcomed news that the ANC has opted for encryption for the digital set-top boxes that will be subsidised by government for up to 5m poorer households

If anyone still has any doubts about the severity of our electricity crisis, two recent articles should act as a final wake-up call. The first reported that cabinet had been briefed by Eskom on the risk of a nationwide blackout

The Democratic Alliance has called for the department of communications, the new portfolio created after last year’s general election – when President Jacob Zuma split the old communications department in two – to be disbanded

The large amount of coverage President Jacob Zuma receives is based on the fact he is the president of the country, SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng said on Wednesday. “All of us

There will be load shedding even if it may cost the ANC votes. This is the expressed attitude of public enterprises minister Lynne Brown, who remains resolute about fixing the problems plaguing power utility Eskom for the long term, even if it means doing the unpopular

Communications minister Faith Muthambi has denied that she is considering suspending some members of the SABC board. This is after Democratic Alliance MP Gavin Davis said in a statement on Tuesday that the party understood “from several sources” that Muthambi

The best thing about Zandile Tshabalala’s resignation as SABC chair this week, staffers say, is that they will go into festive season parties less likely to be the butt of all jokes. “It’s a bit funny the first time you stand around the braai and people demand to see your matric certificate,” a

The Democratic Alliance on Wednesday welcomed SABC board chair Zandile Tshabalala’s resignation. “Tshabalala’s resignation is also an elegant solution for President Jacob Zuma who was under pressure to suspend her

SABC board chair Zandile Tshabalala has resigned with immediate effect, the presidency said on Wednesday. Spokesman Mac Maharaj said President Jacob Zuma received and accepted her resignation as board member

The president’s official residence in Bryntirion Estate, Pretoria, and the Acacia Park parliamentary village in Cape Town, are spared from power cuts, according to Sunday’s Rapport newspaper. For “technical reasons”, the two cannot be placed on power cut schedules, according to the two cities’ metro councils