Education in South Africa is dismally unequal, and Covid-19 has exacerbated the crisis. Investment in infrastructure is crucial
After six bumpy years the communications ministry is determined the project will be completed by March 22
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
UCT vice-chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng talks to Nicolene de Wee about transformation, the bullying claims against her, and her passion for music
As well as the retrenchments, the financially burdened public broadcaster is also considering cutting leave days from 35 to 28 and freezing salary increases for three years
Africa’s largest subscription television operator says it is under threat amid the emerging popularity of global platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime
Lensman Sam Msibi’s memoir, The Accidental Frontline Journalist, reveals a life irrevocably bound to South Africa’s history
To all intents and purposes, the ANC is the government. It is South Africa. The policies made at Luthuli House decide where we go. The corollary of this is that anything bad in the ANC quickly poisons our state and its institutions.
The chief executive of the Estate Agency Affairs Board and the deputy chair of the SABC board, shares her take on retrenchments at the public broadcaster and reveals why she hates horror movies
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.
Broadcaster bodies say claims that a recent skills audit is unrelated to retrenchments are ‘irrational’
The SABC says it needs to cut R700-million to survive. But senior politicians have allegedly interfered to stop retrenchments from proceeding
The national broadcaster has rejected claims that it did not follow correct retrenchment and audit processes
Broadcaster cites “poor sales effectiveness, ineffective commercial product, old pricing models and inadequate technology infrastructure” as driving cuts
People who have survived Covid-19 are not going through life carefree. They are still taking all the preventative measures
SAfm has allegedly been operating this way since Dennis O’Donnell’s resignation, with different people being brought in to take on the role of station manager.
With season two set to debut on Netflix at the end of the month, filmmaker Vincent Moloi opens up on his artistic choices and inspirations.
Judge Wendy Hughes says this is the final extension because finality is “owed to the nation”
Nelson Mandela’s release from prison was also South Africa’s first ‘media event’. And, despite the NP’s, and the SABC’s, attempt to control the narrative, the force of Madiba’s personality meant that he emerged as a celebrity
The union federation says urgent, bold action is needed to keep the state-owned utility (and South Africa) going
To improve the South African economy, we need to institute practical measures to effect change
The minister’s selection of an interim estate agency board was allegedly unlawful
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
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
The former SABC chief of operations will give evidence at the Zondo commission on Tuesday
SABC board chair Bongumusa Makhathini compared the frustrating of the SABC’s turnaround strategy to efforts to undermine its independence
The SABC and MultiChoice finally reached an agreement, but the threat of future blackouts remains
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
The embattled public broadcaster will receive an interim benefit from the government within 10 days