An independent probe has cleared Johannesburg’s City Power of corruption in the awarding of a R1,2bn tender for smart electricity meters, it said on Tuesday. “The independent investigation has found no evidence of fraud or corruption in City Power’s tender process for the procurement of smart meters,” City Power board
Browsing: Jacob Zuma
The government’s biggest challenge is to make maths and science exciting and popular for school pupils, president Jacob Zuma said on Friday. “Science offers students the ability to access a wealth of knowledge and information, which will contribute to an overall understanding of how and why things work
Government is still reviewing its policy on access control for digital terrestrial television, the department of communications has told the Democratic Alliance in response questions the party submitted in parliament. This is despite an agreement between MultiChoice and the SABC that prohibits the public broadcaster from
Sunshine will soon officially move from the weather report into the news bulletins at the SABC – and there will be at least 70% of it. The SABC’s acting chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng has hit the campaign trail and is seeking the public support needed to ensure it is written into the corporation’s new
The Democratic Alliance wants communications minister Yunus Carrim and former SABC interim board chair Ellen Tshabalala to appear before parliament to explain why a deal the public broadcaster signed to supply two television channels to MultiChoice “contradicts government’s policy on digital
President Jacob Zuma has signed into law the Transport Laws and Related Matters Amendment Bill, paving the way for e-tolling, the presidency said on Wednesday. The law in effect gives roads agency Sanral the nod to put into effect e-tolling on Gauteng’s freeways. The news comes on the same
Electronic tolling in Gauteng will still be implemented this year, but the commencement date has yet to be determined, according to transport minister Dipuo Peters. In written reply to a parliamentary question, she said the transport department was awaiting the promulgation of the Transport Laws
Democratic Alliance MP Marian Shinn has said she plans to ask president Jacob Zuma to refer the findings of the SABC’s 2012/2013 annual report to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU). leaveThis follows news on Tuesday that the public broadcaster had received a disclaimer
South Africa’s hard-working new communications minister, Yunus Carrim, is tackling the challenges in his portfolio with such gusto that he appears to have taken many industry players by surprise. I had the opportunity twice this past week to watch Carrim in action
A former ANN7 editor has claimed assurances were given to president Jacob Zuma that the news channel would be pro-ANC, the City Press reported. “There was a lot of interference on an editorial level by Mr Atul Gupta,” former ANN7 editor Rajesh Sundaram told the newspaper