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High consumption of sugary drinks is associated with risks such as obesity, heart disease and diabetes. (Toby Talbot/Associated Press)

Our advertising regulator is funded by the food and beverage industry. Should it be allowed to block public health messaging?

A pending court complaint alleges bias after the regulator voted to block radio advertisements about the dangers of sugar

Resuscitate the public broadcaster

The SABC is simply too important to South Africa’s democracy for it to be gutted: we cannot allow it to die

SABC cuts 303 employees despite Ndabeni-Abrahams’ intervention

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

Phalaphala FM had long had an association with VBS, embarking on a series of charity events, including relief for  impoverished schoolchildren, which the bank sponsored. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

SABC staff ready to join picket line

The national broadcaster has rejected claims that it did not follow correct retrenchment and audit processes

SABC plans to retrench 600 employees

Broadcaster cites “poor sales effectiveness, ineffective commercial product, old pricing models and inadequate technology infrastructure” as driving cuts

Former SABC chief operating officer, Chris Maroleng.

Ex-manager says Maroleng was on SABC dismissal ‘hit list’

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…

Seeking damages: Megan Lubke is pursuing defamation case against the SABC over the clip of President Cyril Ramaphosa.

SABC sued over ‘bad’ clip of Ramaphosa

A senior employee at the public broadcaster wants compensation for claims of ‘sabotage’

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Editorial: Capture virus hits again

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…

Chaos control: SABC head of news and current affairs Phathiswa Magopeni. (Moeletsi Mabe/Gallo Images/Sunday Times)

The sabotage that wasn’t at the SABC

There is no evidence to support the broadcaster’s claim that its employees had co-ordinated a plan to botch the president’s speech

Former SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng signed the allegedly ‘unlawful’ deal with MultiChoice that is under scrutiny at the Zondo commission. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

MultiChoice and SABC in cahoots over control mechanism

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

Former SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng also refuted the allegation that the so-called protest policy amounted to an all out ban on the coverage of protest action. (Felix Dlangamandla/Gallo/Netwerk24)

Motsoeneng: ‘There was nothing wrong with warning SABC journos to adapt’

The former SABC COO distanced himself from the decision to suspend the so-called SABC 8

Broadcaster bodies say claims that a recent skills audit is unrelated to retrenchments are ‘irrational’

No evidence of ANC interference at SABC, inquiry says

But the commission of inquiry finds ‘the spectre of the ANC hovered over the newsroom’

SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng at the matric announcement of the 2014 results.

SABC blatantly ignores public protector’s report

Public protector Thuli Madonsela was "taken aback" at the news, and was writing to the SABC "to help it understand the SCA judgment".

Zambian currency at record low after Lungu’s illness

Zambia’s kwacha closed at a record low as President Edgar Lungu travelled to South Africa for medical treatment after collapsing at a public event.

SABC’s Motsoeneng smiles through Parliament fire

The SABC’s acting chief operations officer has much to explain and his appearance before Parliament has done little to dispel growing concerns.

SABC chief executive Lulama Mokhobo has resigned from her post.

Resigned SABC chief Mokhobo denies massive payout

The SABC’s chief executive Lulama Mokhobo says she will not be paid out for the remainder of her contract, after she resigned from the post.

An SABC spokesperson confirmed that the national broadcaster’s chief financial officer

MPs grill SABC over staff’s serious lack of skills

MPs have questioned whether the SABC is capable of a successful transformation to digital broadcasting after a report showed a severe lack of skills.

Communications Minister Yunus Carrim.

Carrim announces Motsoeneng’s SABC job to be advertised

Communications Minister Yunus Carrim says the permanent position of SABC COO will be advertised, perhaps leaving Hlaudi Motsoeneng out in the cold.

Presidency announces new SABC board

The presidency has announced the new members of the SABC board, which includes two of the interim board’s representatives.

Pule wants in on SABC board appointments

Communications Minister Dina Pule wants to be involved in the process of appointing the South African Broadcasting Corporation board members.