The SABC has torn strips off new free-to-air satellite television platform Platco Digital, which plans to launch OpenView HD in mid-October, denying that it plans to carry its three television channels on the new platform. In a harshly worded statement, the SABC says
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The SABC will soon have new leadership as the parliamentary portfolio committee announced the final list of names to be recommended for the new board on Tuesday afternoon. But this was not without controversy as the opposition parties represented in the committee have objected to the list
The labour court has instructed the SABC to allow former editor Montlenyane Diphoko to return to work, his attorney said on Monday. “The court has upheld the findings of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) last year, and instructed the SABC to allow my client
Broadcasters, tired of dithering and delays around the migration to digital terrestrial television (DTT), have cashed in on the gap in the market to introduce new satellite offerings in both the free-to-air and pay-TV sectors. The concern by some in the broadcast sector, in particular
Democratic Alliance MP Marian Shinn has said she plans to ask president Jacob Zuma to refer the findings of the SABC’s 2012/2013 annual report to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU). leaveThis follows news on Tuesday that the public broadcaster had received a disclaimer
The SABC plans to exercise fiscal prudence when its government-guaranteed loan is paid off at the end of September, CEO Lulama Mokhobo said on Thursday. “The SABC has made R330m in profits after taxes, and we will be paying off the government guaranteed loan at the end of September,” she
The SABC was dealt a blow on Tuesday when it received a disclaimer of opinion for the 2012/2013 financial year, the worst audit opinion, from the auditor-general. A disclaimer is issued if the AG cannot form an opinion and thus declines to present an opinion on an entity’s financial statements
South Africa’s hard-working new communications minister, Yunus Carrim, is tackling the challenges in his portfolio with such gusto that he appears to have taken many industry players by surprise. I had the opportunity twice this past week to watch Carrim in action
The Broadcasting, Electronic, Media and Allied Workers’ Union (Bemawu) accepted the SABC’s offer of an 8,5% wage increase on Tuesday. “Today we signed an agreement with the employer of an 8,5% across-the-board wage increase,” said Bemawu president Hannes du Buisson. The union declared
Democratic Alliance MP Marian Shinn on Friday said she plans to write to SABC interim chair Ellen Tshabalala asking that she intervene to stop acting chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng from implementing a policy that 70% of the broadcasters bulletins consist of “happy