by Franz Kruger | Nov 2, 2009 | General media news
TAXPAYERS should contribute up to 1% of their personal income tax to fund the development of broadcasting, the new Public Service Broadcasting Bill proposes, writes Chantelle Benjamin in The Weekender. The bill, published this week for comment, also scraps...
by Franz Kruger | Oct 29, 2009 | General media news
THE beleaguered SABC is to receive R200m from the government to meet short-term liquidity requirements, the first in a basket of solutions to address the public broadcaster's financial crisis, writes Chantelle Benjamin in Business Day. SABC interim board chairman...
by Franz Kruger | Oct 28, 2009 | General media news
THE newly launched TV series, the Kwanda Reality show, is making strides in communities by helping to fast-track service delivery, according to a report on government news agency Bua News. Aired on SABC1 every Wednesday at 9pm, the Kwanda Reality TV series is the...
by Franz Kruger | Oct 23, 2009 | General media news
THE government and business are on track to reaching full digital migration by November 2011, Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda said, according to a report ontimeslive.co.za. Speaking after addressing a set-top-box (digital decoders) manufacturing summit in...
by Franz Kruger | Oct 15, 2009 | General media news
THE Sunday Times has won a legal battle against the SABC in which the public broadcaster wanted documents leaked to the paper returned, writes Judy Lelliot in the Times. The leaked report was the basis for a story published by the paper detailing corruption amounting...
by Franz Kruger | Oct 14, 2009 | General media news
AWARD-WINNING actor Sello Maake ka Ncube is eight days into his hunger strike in protest at the SABC's cutting of local content – and says he will keep going even if it means "suffering from malnutrition", writes Gabisile Ndelebe in The Times. The...
