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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 Democratic Alliance called on Thursday for public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba, as well as representatives from Eskom and Transnet, to appear before MPs for urgent talks on the massive scale of copper theft. “Minister Gigaba confirmed [in a written reply to a parliamentary question] that Eskom and Transnet

Democratic Alliance MP Marian Shinn has been named by the party’s parliamentary leader, Lindiwe Mazibuko, as the new shadow minister of communications, replacing Natasha Michael, who takes on the public enterprises portfolio. Junita Kloppers-Lourens has been appointed shadow

The parliamentary portfolio committee on communications has selected two candidates for the vacant position of councillor at the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa)

Former SABC CEO Solly Mokoetle says he has not been asked to take up the position of director-general at the department of communications. Speculation has been mounting that Mokoetle is in line

The Democratic Alliance has applauded President Jacob Zuma for firing communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda. Shadow communications minister Natasha Michael says

Newly appointed Democratic Alliance shadow communications minister Natasha Michael has slammed communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda, criticising his leadership style and saying he ought to be “removed from his cabinet position” if the cabinet is reshuffled.

Events conspired against us and we missed last week’s TalkCentral recording. But we’re back with a bumper episode 9 of SA’s business technology podcast, and there’s plenty to talk about. Your hosts, Duncan McLeod and Candice Jones, delve in detail into Cell C’s launch of its broadband wireless network and look at how it’s taking the fight to bigger rivals MTN and Vodacom.

The Democratic Alliance has made sweeping changes to its communications shadow ministry. The changes have resulted in shadow minister Niekie van den Berg being demoted and replaced by the shadow deputy minister for justice and constitutional development, Natasha Michael.