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
Next year was meant to be a big one for South Africa’s technology industry. Years ago, under the Mbeki administration, the government agreed with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) that the country would switch off analogue terrestrial television broadcasts by 17 June 2015. Countries
President Jacob Zuma will consider a request by national assembly speaker Baleka Mbete that SABC chair Zandile Tshabalala be suspended, the presidency said on Saturday. Spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement that Mbete had asked Zuma to consider suspending Tshabalala following the
The clock of South Africa’s progress towards a knowledge-based economy has been turned back by at least a decade through two recent presidential proclamations. This has negative implications for our economic growth and inclusion of all our citizens in the interconnected world. It will cost us investment
Parliament’s communications portfolio committee on Wednesday unanimously resolved to call for SABC chair Zandile Tshabalala’s removal from office. An inquiry by the committee into whether Tshabalala lied about her academic qualifications found her guilty on two charges of misconduct. “We recommend the
Democratic Alliance MP Marian Shinn has accused President Jacob Zuma of decision making that is “beyond logic” after the publication on Wednesday of a proclamation in the Government Gazette meant to provide clarity about the responsibilities of his communications and telecommunications
President Jacob Zuma has acted to resolve an apparent turf war between his communications minister, Faith Muthambi, and her counterpart at telecommunications and postal services, Siyabonga Cwele, by setting out in greater
