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Fixing crippled SOEs comes second to politics
The government is facing potentially unpopular decisions needed to fix state companies. So far, it’s shied away from hard choices.
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Energy
Ramaphosa not keen on Eskom debt swap plan
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signalled he doesn’t back a proposal from the struggling state-owned power utility for the government to assume a large portion of its debt.
Broadcasting and media
President accepts resignations of four SABC board members
President Cyril Ramaphosa has accepted the resignations of four board members of the financially distressed SABC, placing pressure on parliament to appoint replacements on an urgent basis.
Broadcasting and media
Ndabeni-Abrahams foments a crisis at the SABC
Well, that didn’t take long. Newly appointed (tele)communications minister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, has a full-blown crisis on her hands at the SABC – and it’s of her own making.
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Ndabeni-Abrahams wants to save SABC jobs
New communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams says it is in government’s interest to make sure that nobody loses their job at the SABC.
Broadcasting and media
SABC begins consultations over retrenchments
The SABC board and senior executives have told MPs that they have begun a process to consult labour unions over its intention to retrench permanent staffers and freelancers.
Broadcasting and media
Encryption clause comes back to bite MultiChoice, SABC
The Competition Commission said on Monday that the controversial channel-supply agreement between MultiChoice and the SABC, signed in 2013, amounted to a merger.
Broadcasting and media
SABC a goldmine of untapped potential
The current board and CEO of the SABC are the strongest the public broadcaster has had in at least 15 years. They should be left to get on with the job of repairing the damage caused by their predecessors.
Broadcasting and media
SABC is ‘technically insolvent’, must retrench staff
The SABC on Wednesday set out in detail why it needs to retrench staff, with group CEO Madoda Mxakwe saying the public broadcaster is “technically insolvent”.
Broadcasting and media
Mass retrenchments at the SABC: up to a third of staff to go
The SABC is set to retrench almost a third of its workforce. The public broadcaster set out restructuring plans on Monday evening in which it said as many as 981 of its approximately 3 400 permanent employees may be retrenched.