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The committee drafted a shortlist of 24 candidates last week, from an initial pool of over 300. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
KHANYISILE KWEYAMA

SABC board hopefuls take the hot seat

The committee drafted a shortlist of 24 candidates last week, from an initial pool of over 300

  • Khulekani Magubane
2 min read
SABC headquarters. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
BEMAWU

SABC retrenchment process still suspended, for now

The SABC has clarified that the retrenchment talks with unions and the CCMA have been put on ice for now until the board has been sorted out

  • Mashadi Kekana
2 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa will have to write a letter to Parliament in order for the relevant committee to appoint four new board members. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
FEBE POTGIETER GQUBULE

Communications committee invites nominations to fill SABC board

In recent weeks, four board members resigned – Mathatha Tsedu, Krish Naidoo, deputy chairperson Khanyisile Kweyama and John Mattison

  • Jan Gerber
3 min read
We want a stable SABC — ANC (Photo Archive)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

We want a stable SABC — ANC

The ANC has rejected insinuations that it was involved in attempts to sabotage the SABC board

  • Sarah Smit
2 min read
Upset: Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams’s promise to unions that there’d be no retrenchments at the SABC has alarmed the opposition. (Delwyn Verasamy)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

SABC meltdown all too familiar

Are certain board members being pushed out to ensure government control?

  • Sabelo Skiti
6 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa will have to write a letter to Parliament in order for the relevant committee to appoint four new board members. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

Four SABC board members resign

Krish Naidoo, Khanyisile Kweyama, John Mattison and Mathatha Tsedu have resigned

  • Gemma Ritchie
3 min read
SABC headquarters. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
CHRIS MAROLENG

SABC’s crisis plan fails to impress MPs

The broadcaster’s savings from cost-cutting are far less than the money needed to rescue it

  • Sabelo Skiti
  • Sarah Smit
6 min read
Broadcaster bodies say claims that a recent skills audit is unrelated to retrenchments are ‘irrational’
BONGUMUSA MAKHATHINI

We need R3bn to avoid collapse, SABC tells Scopa

Board chair Bongumusa Makhathini told Scopa the state broadcaster needs a R3-billion government guarantee to avoid looming collapse in March

  • Khulekani Magubane
1 min read
The United Nations special rapporteur on data and privacy protection says South Africa is dragging its feet behind other countries when it comes to implementing legislation that is supposed to safeguard the personal information of citizens.
BEMAWU

We soon won’t be able to pay salaries at SABC, Parliament hears

An SABC board member told Parliament that by February, the public broadcaster would not be able to pay full salaries

  • Khulekani Magubane
2 min read
Broadcaster bodies say claims that a recent skills audit is unrelated to retrenchments are ‘irrational’
KRISH NAIDOO

Parliament’s communications committee agrees on five names for SABC interim board

EFF and Congress of the People MPs were not present at the meeting on Wednesday.

  • Paul Herman
  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
AVHATAKALI NETSHISAULU

Netshisaulu widow, two men guilty of murder

The widow of Avhatakali Netshisaulu, the son of former <em>City Press</em> editor Mathatha Tsedu, was found guilty of her husband’s murder on Tuesday.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
AVHATAKALI NETSHISAULU

Netshisaulu was burnt alive, court told

An expert found that former <em>City Press</em> editor Mathatha Tsedu’s son, Avhatakali Netshisaulu, was burnt alive in his car.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
AVHATALI NETSHISAULU

‘Look in the boot. My husband is there’

Court hears about the hysterical screams of Avhatali Netshisaulu’s widow when her husband was inside the boot of his burning car.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
AVHATAKALI NETSHISAULU

Netshisaulu trial to proceed on Tuesday

The trial of three people accused of murdering Avhatakali Netshisaulu, son of City Press editor Mathatha Tsedu, has been postponed to Tuesday.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
BLADE NZIMANDE

City Press wins appeal over Zuma report

City Press has successfully appealed against a press ombudsman finding over the accuracy and fairness of a report on African National Congress president Jacob Zuma, the Press…

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
ADRIAAN BASSON

Selebi saga bags M&G top newspaper award

The saga of police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi has won the Mail & Guardian‘s investigations team the Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Award for story of the year, it was…

  • Imke Van Hoorn
  • Sapa Afp
5 min read
BLADE NZIMANDE

Nzimande launches stinging attack on City Press

South African Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande has accused City Press newspaper of adopting an ”extremely hostile attitude” towards African National Congress…

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
AVHATAKALI NETSHISAULU

Netshisaulu case postponed to July

The trial of three people accused of the murder of Avhatakali Netshisaulu, son of City Press editor Mathatha Tsedu, was postponed to July 28 at the Johannesburg High Court on…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
ALISTAIR SPARKS

SABC insists Mbeki doccie will finally be aired

The controversial documentary <i>Unauthorised: Thabo Mbeki</i> will be screened on SABC3 next Wednesday, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) said. "We’ve got the…

  • Jeff Barbee
2 min read