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Mokoetle appointment sparks fresh crisis at SABC
The newly elected SABC board would challenge the appointment of former Telkom Media chief content officer Solly Mokoetle as its group chief executive officer, according to…
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DA slams new SABC boss over Nyanda remarks
The Democratic Alliance on Thursday said new SABC CEO Solly Mokoetle had undermined the public broadcaster’s independence by saying he was accountable to communications minister Siphiwe…
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Solly Mokoetle named as new SABC CEO
The SABC has appointed former Telkom Media chief content officer Solly Mokoetle as its new CEO, it said in a statement on Tuesday. “The decision to…
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Taxpayers to fork out up to R1,5bn to rescue SABC
The SABC will receive a bailout of more than R1bn, communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda said on Tuesday. “We hope that the financial injection by government will…
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SABC in court over tender for outside broadcast vans
The SABC is going to the high court in Johannesburg on Monday over the awarding of a tender for outside broadcast vans. Spokesman Kaizer Kganyago confirmed…
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TV licences remain in force, says SABC
The SABC on Friday said the payment of television licences remained in force, for now, as a new bill seeking to abolish TV licences was published…
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DG Mohlala promises to get tough on SABC, Sentech
New communications director-general Mamodupi Mohlala has promised to get tough on poor performance by state-owned enterprises that fall in her department’s portfolio, including broadcast signal distributor…
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Digital TV roll-out under threat as Icasa goes back to the drawing board
Unless the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) is able to issue new regulations to manage SA’s switch from analogue to digital terrestrial television by mid-October,…
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SABC killing SA culture, entertainers say
A group of actors, producers, writers and directors demonstrated on Thursday against the SABC’s planned R500m cut of local content. The protesters, from the Television Industry…
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Taxpayers to foot bill for SABC’s R11m Mpofu send-off
The department of communications has agreed to fund an R11m pay-out to former SABC CEO Dali Mpofu, the public broadcaster’s interim board has said. The board…