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Attached: About 5 000 satellite dishes and decoders will be held until the alleged outstanding rent is paid.  (Madelene Cronjé)

Firm attaches Post Office’s digital migration decoders

Thousands of decoders and satellites gather dust at a Polokwane property while the embattled Post Office struggles to settle alleged rental arrears

Most teachers attempt to grade objectively but many students feel it is unfair. Photo: File

UCT to loan (some) students laptops during Covid-19 lockdown

The university is also surveying its students to ascertain what kind of support they need to be able to participate in online learning

Will her head roll? Communications Minister Faith Muthambi was lambasted by the Supreme Court of Appeal for failing to consult stakeholders such as e.tv on her digital migration policy changes.

Communications Minister Faith Muthambi fires back at former CEO Jimi Matthews over ‘suspicious’ timing of SABC resignation

Communications Minister Faith Muthambi says her ministry has full confidence in the board of the SABC.

The committee drafted a shortlist of 24 candidates last week, from an initial pool of over 300. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

State’s new propaganda plan to hurt media budgets

President Jacob Zuma’s administration has a new propaganda plan that includes establishing a government TV news channel.

Film and Publications Board panel discussion.

FPB earmarks R8m to censor online

The Film and Publications Board plans to spend over R8-million a year to police YouTube, but is about to have its child pornography wings clipped.

Brand SA wants its bucks back

Communications Minister Faith Muthambi’s panel bled cash from a state entity tasked with polishing SA’s image, and it wants her to pay back the money.

Faith Muthambi was meant to become the mouthpiece for the government but infighting has made the communications department unworkable.

Minister of spin out of control

Faith Muthambi’s communications department is riven with dissent and has not been able to fulfil its mandate.

Not enough time: Yunus Carrim.

SIU to probe communications tender

The Special Investigating Unit will probe the validity of a tender awarded by the department of communications, says the presidency.

A target of universal broadband access in South Africa by 2020 has been set

What the ‘universal’ water access lie taught us about broadband

The communication department has set a target of "universal" broadband access. But if it is similar to our water access, it won’t be universal at all.

Pule found guilty of breaching code of conduct

Axed communications minister Dina Pule has been found guilty of improperly benefiting her lover and faces the maximum penalties allowed by Parliament.

New e-skills network launched

Minister of Communications Dina Pule last week launched a government institution that is designed to build e-readiness throughout South Africa.

Connecting more to the people

Big plans will get South Africans talking more, seeing more and knowing more

Computers donated in Heideveld

The department of communications donated computers to launch a computer-resource centre in Heideveld, Cape Town, last week.

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.

Pule’s department warns against Sunday Times … again

Allegations in the Sunday Times of extravagant spending by Communications Minister Dina Pule will not stick, the department has said.

Sunday Times turns the tables on Dina Pule

Sunday Times editor Phylicia Oppelt has defended her investigations team against allegations made by Communications Minister Dina Pule.

Where to next for telecoms in South Africa?

With an axe hanging over the head of Communications Minister Dina Pule, the country’s beleaguered communications strategy is once again at risk.

Department of Communications’s director general Rosey Sekese.

Communications DG in trouble in Parliament

The director general of the communications department, Rosey Sekese, has been found to have misled Parliament about signing a performance agreement.

Dina Pule is driving a Bill that several opposition groups say is unconstitutional.

Minister Dina Pule accused of nepotism

Staff in the communications department have pointed fingers at Minister Dina Pule’s unethical appointments, writes Lloyd Gedye.

More criticism of telecoms law amendments

ICT Africa’s director says government is facing more criticism of its telecoms law amendments as it fails to help Icasa streamline its operations.