Icasa told Siphiwe Nyanda that it does not consider it viable to abolish licence fees and fund the SABC using personal income tax.
Less than a month before the ANC Western Cape provincial congress, the party in the province is still being torn apart by factionalism.
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/ 12 November 2010
The SABC’s acting chief operations officer, who was caught on security camera eavesdropping on a board meeting, has stepped down from her post.
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/ 12 November 2010
The battle for control of the SABC has taken a new turn, with some members of the ANC lobbying for the dissolution of the of the broadcaster’s board.
NPA director Menzi Simelane has raised legal eyebrows by choosing to become personally involved in prosecuting one of the biggest fraud cases in SA.
The DA’s shadow minister for defence, David Maynier, was expelled from Parliament on Thursday after refusing to apologise to Lindiwe Sisulu.
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/ 5 November 2010
Phil Molefe, the SABC’s head of news, apparently did not inform his senior editorial staff that he was preparing a news item about Robert Gumede.
Discovery of unrecorded post-mortem reports and allegations of police negligence and manipulation of crime figures raises alarm bells
Three SABC board members rounded on chairperson Ben Ngubane at a heated meeting this week.
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/ 22 October 2010
Former SABC public broadcasting division chief Lulama Mokhobo is emerging strongly as government’s candidate to succeed acting CEO Robin Nicholson.
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/ 15 October 2010
Not guilty, yet guilty verdict for SABC’s Robin Nicholson.
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/ 15 October 2010
Yet another person resigns from the beleaguered SABC board.
Acting SABC chief executive Robin Nicholson’s position is in jeopardy over accusations of mismanagement.
Cape Town’s mayoral committee has defended the controversial riot-control methods of South African Police Service and city law enforcement officers.
This was one of many positions Mohlala had discussed as an option with Public Service and Administration Minister Richard Baloyi.
Kirstenhof police are on a witch-hunt for the officer who leaked information about cooked crime statistics to the press.
The resignation of well-respected SABC board deputy chairperson Felleng Sekha could signal a domino effect across the board.
Cosatu’s Zanele Matebula was bundled into a police van with four other South Africans this week and thrown out of Swaziland.
Olympic governing body Sascoc insists its probe into ASA boss Leonard Chuene and others is sub judice.
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/ 10 September 2010
The police’s claim that the number of murders had declined last year was "plausible" but the problem of violent crime still had to be addressed.
SABC staff were allegedly told to delete the story about the board’s opposition to Phil Molefe’s appointment as head of SABC news.
Executive manager for stakeholder management at SABC is known as the "conduit" because of a close relationship he claims to have with President Zuma.
The SABC board has taken over responsibility for drafting a turnaround plan for the ailing public broadcaster.
The corruption probe centring on Uruguyan businessman Gaston Savoi and his Intaka health group is likely to have political fallout.
ICD says it has been waiting for 17 months for the national director of public prosecutions to decide whether to prosecute 14 members of the Hawks.
Ben Ngubane, the SABC board chair, is girding his loins for a showdown in Parliament, convinced that board members are trying to have him sacked.
Government coughed up R2,6-million to settle a lease dispute during Mamodupi Mohlala’s time at the pensions office.
SABC chairperson defends his defiance of a ‘dysfunctional’ board.
After the fact contract will make it hard to fix Phil Molefe’s irregular appointment at the SABC.
Calls are growing within the Western Cape ANC and among opposition parties for Zuma to withdraw Ebrahim Rasool’s candidacy for ambassador to the US.
By day the 26-year-old SA woman sells vetkoek and apples on a bustling street in Du Noon, at night she sleeps at the home of her Malawian friend.
Cope MP Phillip Dexter and his wife have laid assault charges against each other.