Ousted communications director-general Mamodupi Mohlala says the way communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda fired her was akin to a “public execution”. Mohlala tells TechCentral that she had questioned the minister on several issues related to the running of the department. “But I never expected it to come to a head like this.”
A triumvirate of Sentech executives has been appointed to lead the troubled state-owned broadcast signal distributor until a full-time CEO can be appointed. TechCentral has learnt from sources at Sentech that a caretaker team has been appointed, led by acting chief operating officer Dingane Dube.
The ministry of communications is confident the board of directors it has selected to manage Sentech will turn around the state-owned business and it will not interfere in the running of the company. This is despite a newspaper report at the weekend that acting CEO Beverly Ngwenya and chief financial officer Mohammed Cassim had resigned and were being charged for “gross negligence” as a result of alleged reckless spending.
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Sentech chief operating officer Beverly Ngwenya will act as the state-owned broadcast signal distributor’s head until a permanent CEO is…
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SA will get its own communications satellite dedicated to the 2010 soccer World Cup. The satellite, from international communication satellite operator Intelsat, will be used exclusively for carrying the
The department of communications received R3,9bn in extraordinary proceeds from Telkom following the sale of its shares in Vodacom, according…
