by Franz Kruger | Nov 10, 2009 | General media news
VARIOUS speakers at the second African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF) in Lagos have called for an integration of the old and new media in presenting information to the people of the continent, writesGodwin Haruna in ThisDay. The traditional media of...
by Franz Kruger | Nov 9, 2009 | General media news
THE cash-strapped SABC – which is probing several contracts after years of free rein by its executives and service providers – has been paying a communications company a retainer fee of half a million rand a month, writes Siyabonga Mkhwanazi in the Sunday...
by Franz Kruger | Nov 9, 2009 | General media news
WITH the SABC drowning in debt, the corporation's interim board is desperately trying to renegotiate a billion-rand deal signed for the TV rights to all games of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in the next eight years, writes Glynis Underhill in the...
by Franz Kruger | Nov 5, 2009 | General media news
COMMUNICATIONS Minister Siphiwe Nyanda says the SABC has spent close to a quarter of a billion rands chasing TV licence defaulters, and this is why he is proposing a one percent tax levy on viewers, writes Xolani Mbanjwa in the Daily News. The figure was confirmed by...
by Franz Kruger | Nov 4, 2009 | General media news
THE new Public Service Broadcasting Bill  which could drastically change the way the SABC operates  came as a complete surprise, a senior member of the corporation said, writes Chantelle Benjamin in Business Day. He said the...
by Franz Kruger | Nov 3, 2009 | General media news
SABC management is to consult with the Department of Communications on its new draft bill seeking to abolish TV licences, according to a report on BuaNews. The SABC said it noted the contents of the draft Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) Bill as published in the...