The ‘Friends of SABC journalists’ Indiegogo online fundraising initiative was organised by News24 editor Adriaan Basson and opened on Tuesday July 29.
The Icasa on Wednesday said the SABC has agreed to abide by the order to withdraw the ban on broadcasting violent protests. But what about the #SABC8?
ANC deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte has said the eight SABC journalists fired this week have every right to challenge their dismissals.
The SACP in the Western Cape on Wednesday demanded the immediate dismissal of the SABC’s chief operations officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng
The SABC this week sacked eight journalists for disagreeing with a decision to censor coverage of protests.
The SABC this week sacked eight journalists for disagreeing with a decision to censor coverage of protests.
This comes as around 200 DA supporters protested outside Parliament in support of eight journalists who were given marching orders by the SABC.
Four SABC journalists who were either suspended or faced charges last month have been fired, one of them confirmed on Monday.
According to court papers, Motsoeneng allegedly told reporters that they could question anyone in their coverage except President Jacob Zuma.
An R18-million payout is said to be hush money for an odd deal okayed by the SABC operations chief.
Motsoeneng reiterated the broadcaster would not withdraw the decision, adding they will fight the issue in the Constitutional Court if they have to.
Icasa’s acting chairperson Rubben Mohlaloga said the SABC had seven days to confirm in writing that it has reversed its editorial decision.
Acting chairperson of Icasa Rubben Mohlaloga reportedly made the announcement at a media briefing in Johannesburg on Monday.
SA’s newsrooms, fraught with unseen booby traps, are often stifling, with dinosaurs at the helm, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
The turnaround on the SABC’s policy speaks to the advantage of having a ruling party structured, on the face of it at least, to be bottom-up.
There are no legal grounds for counsel to refuse to take on a case but there are ethical issues that suggest that this should be revisited.
The key to the Jo’burg franchise’s supremacy this season lies in keeping the ball and using it wisely.
The ANC’s National Executive Committee’s sub-committee on communications has distanced itself from the banning of the coverage of violent protests.
Zizi Kodwa is diverting attention away from real issues at the SABC, says former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi.
Jackson Mthembu: "I can assure you that at the highest managerial level, we are lacking."
Speaking to eNCA’s Eusebius McKaiser on Sunday, former SABC CEO Jimi Matthews admitted that the public broadcaster deliberately banned EFF coverage.
The roots of the trouble at the SABC long predate the August 3 local government elections, or the drop in support for the ANC in urban centres.
In a last-ditch bid to highlight their grievances, broadcast journalists are gambling with their jobs.
Communications Minister Faith Muthambi says her ministry has full confidence in the board of the SABC.
The group’s acting CEO is gone and one of its most popular DJs has just said bye Felicia. But what impact does this have? Ra’eesa Pather investigates.
Jimi Matthews has announced via his Twitter page that he can no longer be a part of ‘what is happening at the SABC’.
The public broadcaster ought to be just that, but its new policies are infringing on our democracy, writes Glenda Daniels.
Readers write in about 1976, criminal politicians, and the SABC.
The registrar of the Supreme Court of Appeal says the court received an application for leave to appeal Judge Dennis Davis’s ruling.
Controlling what TV viewers may see is not in the best interests of the South African public nor the rest of Southern Africa, argues Bheki Makhubu.
Readers write in about the NPA, and the SABC.
SABC’s new policies restricting protest coverage have harmful effects on the broadcaster and SABC viewers, say civil society organisations.