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Digital TV migration on hold — again

Digital TV migration on hold — again

The government’s ineptitude has raised the question of whether the country will be able to successfully migrate from analogue to digital tv.

State says broadcasters should help fund TV migration

State says broadcasters should help fund TV migration

Communications Minister Roy Padayachie has said all broadcasters should contribute to the funding of the country’s digital TV migration.

Sentech crosses signals

Sentech crosses signals

Sentech is ignoring previous failings and will once again play in the wireless broadband space at the taxpayer’s expense.

Sentech: The basket case

The beleaguered parastatal is expected to post a loss for the 2009/10 financial year of between R123-million and R214-million.

Bloomed in exile, failed in state

Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri’s life in struggle and later in government were vastly different.

SABC cash problems under spotlight

The minister of communications says three separate reports will guide the government on what should be done about the financial distress of the SABC.

Communications minister to oppose ruling on VANS

The communications minister will appeal against a court ruling permitting value-added network services to build their own telecommunications networks.

Broadband cable won’t be ready for 2010

When it comes to 2010, government leaders are eternal optimists. Do they just have their heads in the sand?

SABC welcomes call for mediation

The SABC welcomed an appeal by a Johannesburg High Court judge on Tuesday for its chief executive Dali Mpofu and the board to resolve their dispute.

The SABC go-around

Is it fair to say the SABC has fallen apart because the centre cannot hold, to quote WB Yeats?

Telkom loses R350m through fraud

Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri told the National Assembly on Wednesday that the state-owned telecommunications giant Telkom has lost R350-million over three years…

Public sector: Ministers

Jean Benjamin, Ntombazana Botha, Thoko Didiza, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi and more …