Browsing: Marian Shinn

Zimbabwean-born Democratic Alliance MP and shadow communications minister Marian Shinn is no career politician, having joined parliament only after the last general election in 2009. For most of her life, she was involved in journalism and, later, public relations. Shinn, 62, grew up in

The decision to dissolve the embattled SABC board and appoint an interim board was bulldozed through parliament, opposition parties claimed in the national assembly on Tuesday. Speaking during a short debate in the house, Democratic Alliance MP Marian Shinn said the problems at the SABC, which led

President Jacob Zuma on Monday accepted the resignations of most members of the SABC board, including chairman Ben Ngubane and his deputy Thami ka Plaatjie. In the wake of Ngubane and Ka Plaatjie’s joint resignation letter last week, Zuma had received six more and accepted all, presidential spokesman Mac

The Democratic Alliance has called on President Jacob Zuma to fire Dina Pule after new revelations about the embattled minister of communications were published in a weekend newspaper. “The latest revelations in the ongoing saga of … Pule’s cronyism and self-enrichment leaves President Zuma with no other

Democratic Alliance MP and spokesman on communications Marian Shinn has called for Dina Pule to be removed as communications minister following new allegations against her published in a weekend newspaper. The Sunday Times reported that Pule’s

Parliament’s joint committee on ethics and members’ interests has launched a formal probe into allegations of a conflict of interest involving communications minister Dina Pule and last May’s ICT Indaba in Cape Town. The committee, which is chaired

Communications department director-general Rosey Sekese remains on special leave, the department said on Friday. “The matter is being handled internally. Deputy director-general Gift Buthelezi has been asked to continue acting as director general of the department,” spokesman Siya Qoza

The opposition Democratic Alliance will write to Public Protector Thuli Madonsela to ask her to expedite her probe into 2012’s ICT Indaba after the Sunday Times published damning new allegations at the weekend that communications minister Dina Pule’s romantic partner benefited

Communications department director-general Rosey Sekese has been placed on “special leave” by minister Dina Pule, apparently after having misled parliament’s portfolio committee on communications about her performance contract on two separate occasions last year. While there has been

Democratic Alliance MP and shadow communications minister Marian Shinn has decried communications minister Dina Pule’s decision to seek leave to appeal a high court judgment handed down in December that found in favour of e.tv over digital broadcasting, warning that the move will delay