South African Communications Minister's Fate in President's Hands
The South African Broadcasting Corporation inquiry has agreed to defer the fate of Communications Minister Faith Muthambi for her role in alleged mismanagement at the SABC, to Parliament's ethics committee and President Jacob Zuma.
Communications Minister Faith Muthambi (file photo).
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South Africa:
SABC Inquiry Adopts Final Report
News24Wire, 24 February 2017
The ad hoc committee inquiring into the SABC adopted its final report on Friday after a brutal deliberation process this week, including a 03:30 adjournment in the early hours of… Read more »
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South Africa:
Ad Hoc Committee On SABC Board Inquiry 'Well On Track'
Parliament of South Africa, 22 February 2017
The Ad Hoc Committee on the SABC Board Inquiry is confident that it has considered all the responses to its draft report in a detailed, fair and transparent manner. Read more »
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South Africa:
Muthambi Never Filed Key SABC Documents With Cipro
News24Wire, 22 February 2017
Legal amendments Communications Minister Faith Muthambi made at the SABC, giving her and Hlaudi Motsoeneng broad powers at the broadcaster, were never filed with Cipro. Read more »
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South Africa:
We Are Not a Government Mouthpiece - Public Broadcaster
News24Wire, 22 February 2017
The SABC says it has never been a mouthpiece of the government of the day, that it has the right to set its own editorial policy, and that it was not biased in its 2016 local… Read more »
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South Africa:
SABC Rebuffed TNA Media's Outsourcing Bid - SABC Inquiry
News24Wire, 21 February 2017
The New Age Media (TNA) made a number of proposals to the SABC in 2011 to outsource some of its news production, but the deals were rebuffed, Parliament's ad hoc committee heard on… Read more »
InFocus
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Several SABC journalists have been suspended after voicing their concern about new policies instituted at the public broadcaster. Read more »
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The South African Broadcasting Corporation has fired several journalists who appealed against censorious measures taken at the public broadcaster. Read more »
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Members of the country's parliament have called the disunity amongst the SABC board a disgrace following ongoing resignations from the public broadcaster's board members. A ... Read more »