Wrangling in the ANC, incompetence and corruption have brought the council close to collapse
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The disgraced former SABC boss also has ambitions of becoming premier of the Free State
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Inquiry leader and former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke emphasised the need for democratic processes not to falter because of the pandemic.
The SABC is simply too important to South Africa’s democracy for it to be gutted: we cannot allow it to die
There’s a reason those in power seek to limit journalists’ freedoms: our stories shine a light on their wrongdoing. However, we must also speak up when the wrongdoing is inside our own camp
For years, in moves that harked back to the repressive regime of the Nats, the public broadcaster has been used by the party as its political football in internal factional battles, or to censor dissent.
Obfuscation, non sequiturs, outright lies, senseless babble, curry breaks — and we’re paying for it all
Broadcaster bodies say claims that a recent skills audit is unrelated to retrenchments are ‘irrational’
Allegations have surfaced in court papers that the state broadcaster’s former head was purposefully pushed out by chief executive Madoda Mxakwe and board chairperson Bongumusa Makhathini
State Security Agency still cannot produce the security clearance certificate required for the incumbent, Baptiste Dungu, to occupy the top post at the Onderstepoort Biological Products
Controversy over the set-top box, which has delayed the government’s rollout of digital television for 16 years, rages on at the Zondo commission
One might say that all the doors we pass through in our lives are ours. They belong to us, just because we passed through them, or we belong to them
Tuesday. It’s mid-afternoon. A bolt of pain pierces my lower back and brings me instantly awake. I make it halfway upright before my right hip locks, halting any further movement off the couch. I’d passed out there a couple of hours earlier, courtesy of the breakfast cocktail of cannabis oil and anti-inflammatories I’d taken to […]
The former SABC COO distanced himself from the decision to suspend the so-called SABC 8
The national broadcaster has “strong prima facie evidence” indicating that the broadcast of the incorrect clip was deliberate
During his appearance before the Zondo commission, the former SABC chief operating officer said he met with the controversial family countless times
The former SABC chief of operations will give evidence at the Zondo commission on Tuesday
But the commission of inquiry finds ‘the spectre of the ANC hovered over the newsroom’
The fight for press freedom and against Hlaudi’s antics is documented by one of the SABC8
African Content Movement leader Hlaudi Motsoeneg and Black First Land First leader Andile Mngxitama address the media.
The controversial former SABC chief operations officer warned the ANC will ‘be in trouble’
Sanef commissioned Deloitte to conduct a forensic investigation following allegations that Bosasa paid out R100 000 to the SABC8’s funding campaign
The group denies any knowledge of a 2016 donation from Bosasa during their suspension from the state broadcaster
Hole in the wall: Zuma, Atul Gupta, Manyi and Motsoeneng
The Southern African Music Rights Organisation is the latest to be affected by the public broadcaster’s financial troubles
Former ANC member Mzwanele Manyi has joined the African Transformation Movement
The broadcaster will only be saved from ongoing disaster when politicians are not in the script
At last the elections will bring relief, in the form of Hlaudi and other nutty contenders
State agencies are going after those accused of looting the SA’s coffers — and the amounts
are huge
Voters need to be well-informed and some arrangement must be made to end to the lies and misinformation
A portion of that amount contains an illegal succession fee and a further R10.2-million for illegal appointments and dismissals
The embattled ministry has a new minister at its helm