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Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams: Small Business Development

SCORE: C Under Ndabeni-Abrahams, the department this year outlined an ambitious agenda focused on expanding funding, supporting new economic sectors such as the ocean economy,…

Minister of Small Business Development Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams. (Photo by Frennie Shivambu/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams

SCORE: C Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has had a mixed performance. The department allocated R2 billion through the Small Enterprise Finance Agency, benefiting more than 80 000 small…

Minister of Small Business Development Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Small business department carries heavy weight

The department’s minister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, said small businesses are expected to propel economic growth

The Federation of Governing Bodies of South African Schools (Fedsas), has hit out at the ban. (File photo/MG)

Informal businesses seek support to help with Covid-19 fallout

The request comes as Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is due to present his budget to parliament.

Over the past decade, the South African Post Office has had significant business problems, including debt to creditors and poor revenue collection.

Post Office owes R842m to worker pension fund and medical aid

There is growing concern about a possible liquidation of the entity should it not be repurposed

Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has appointed a project steering committee to expedite South Africa’s long-delayed migration from analogue to digital.

Yet another deadline for broadcast digital migration

After six bumpy years the communications ministry is determined the project will be completed by March 22

Pillar to post office

If President Cyril Ramaphosa’s crackdown on corruption is to succeed, new rules for lobbying and tenders need to be implemented

Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams (L) and Deputy Minister Pinky Kekana. (Photo: Siyabulela Duda)

Political interference mounts over SABC retrenchments

The SABC says it needs to cut R700-million to survive. But senior politicians have allegedly interfered to stop retrenchments from proceeding

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

Snitch, snitch, snitch: Bride, groom and guests were bust by a whistleblower in KwaZulu-Natal. (orrin417/Twitter)

Nation of curtain twitchers

Now that we are in the second week of lockdown, South Africans seem to be taking their unwritten civic duty of snitching very seriously

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Editorial: Shame on you, Stella!

Politically, it would also help this country if our president were able to act more decisively against ministers who show little regard for the law

Flouting the law: Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams (left) has been suspended by President Cyril Ramaphosa for breaking lockdown rules.  (Phill Magakoe/Gallo Images)

Stella set to retain her perks

Communication minister will keep Cabinet perks during her two months of special leave

Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has been temporarily relieved of her duties for two months after her violation of South Africa’s 21-day national lockdown.

Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams out, Jackson Mthembu takes over

Communications minister suspended for two months after violating lockdown regulations

Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has been temporarily relieved of her duties for two months after her violation of South Africa’s 21-day national lockdown.

Ndabeni-Abrahams lockdown debacle: What we know

The minister has to answer to the president after a picture was posted of her apparently breaking lockdown rules

President Cyril Ramaphosa and Minister of Communications Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams. (Phill Magakoe/Gallo Images)

Eusebius McKaiser: Why Ramaphosa must act decisively against Ndabeni-Abrahams

The president needs South Africans on his side if the lockdown is to be extended. He must show leadership and censure the communications minister for breaking the regulations

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

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

Cash-strapped SABC to receive momentary relief

The embattled public broadcaster will receive an interim benefit from the government within 10 days

We want a stable SABC — ANC (Photo Archive)

We want a stable SABC — ANC

The ANC has rejected insinuations that it was involved in attempts to sabotage the SABC board

Upset: Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams’s promise to unions that there’d be no retrenchments at the SABC has alarmed the opposition. (Delwyn Verasamy)

SABC meltdown all too familiar

Are certain board members being pushed out to ensure government control?

Connecting more to the people

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