Communications regulator Icasa has asked the Competition Commission to probe what it’s calling a “possible restrictive horizontal practice” between the SABC and MultiChoice over the supply by the public broadcaster to the pay-television operator of a 24-hour news channel. TechCentral revealed last year that the agreement contains an obligation
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SABC acting chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng was ordained as a priest at the weekend, it was reported on Monday. “Personally, I think it’s important that people can see that I have done well. If you look at my history I am a very caring person,” Motsoeneng was quoted by The New Age as saying after being awarded a
Two crucial constituencies have been ignored in communications minister Yunus Carrim’s rather ill-tempered response over the past few weeks to questions about his policy on the digital migration of South African television services. Instead of acknowledging the many deficiencies in the option being pursued by government
The small black box at the heart of the move from analogue to digital is about South Africans’ freedom, which communications minister Yunus Carrim’s decision will either narrow or enlarge. This is unfortunate since technology and markets function
Tian Olivier has been appointed SABC’s new acting CEO and James Aguma has taken up the reins of acting chief financial officer, the national broadcaster said on Friday. “Mr Olivier and Mr Aguma’s appointments are based on their extensive knowledge and a proven track record as senior managers currently at the SABC,” spokesman
The ongoing spat between government and MultiChoice about the pay-television operator monopolising content rather reminds me of a domineering parent chastising his child for not sharing his toys without realising that the poor kid is being bullied to death at school. It is absurd that government should even consider
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There’s a new weapon in Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s arsenal: God. Or rather, a handful of fringe church leaders claiming to represent him. In his continued fight against the public protector’s damning findings against him, the SABC acting chief operating officer has managed to rope in a few holy men who have prayed
A “buried” report reveals that the South African public believes that the SABC is biased towards the ruling ANC, undermining credibility in the institution. That’s the claim made by the Democratic Alliance, which says it has unearthed a research document put together under the name Project Kindle and meant to understand
SABC board chair Zandile Tshabalala was nominated by her board to act as group CEO of the public broadcaster shortly after Lulama Mokhobo resigned from the post, but the communications minister was not having any of it. Tshabalala’s nomination to the acting post had to be approved