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COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT

ANC vs Muthambi plays out at parliamentary committee

Tensions between ruling party MPs and Communications Minister Faith Muthambi – who have been at odds since her appointment – have resurfaced.

  • Andisiwe Makinana
3 min read
Communications Minister Faith Muthambi.
COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT

Minister shows faith in SA’s national anthem

Communications Minister Faith Muthambi is putting measures in place, with the help of the SABC, to assist in building national pride.

  • Andisiwe Makinana
5 min read
Former communication’s minister Dina Pule.(Gallo)
ANC

Cold comfort for Dina Pule

It feels churlish to berate the MPs who rushed to console former minister of communications Dina Pule after she was disciplined by the House.

  • Letters
2 min read
This week: the death of South Africa’s soldiers in the Central African Republic and renewed calls for Communications Minister Dina Pule to be sacked.
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Politics Need to Know: Why have our soldiers died in CAR?

This week: the death of South Africa’s soldiers in the Central African Republic and renewed calls for Communications Minister Dina Pule to be sacked.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
What is spectrum, why is it being auctioned, and how does it affect consumers?
COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT

Icasa owed millions by licencees

Will the regulator be forced to follow up on the more than 700 licence holders who owe it money?

  • Staff Reporter
5 min read
ALBI MODISE

Broadcasting switch to digital on track

Moving South African television broadcasting from analogue to digital signal is on track and ahead of most countries in the world, the Communications Department said on Thursday.…

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read