New SABC funding plan coming soon
Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Solly Malatsi says the revised South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Bill will be tabled before Parliament in the 2026/27 financial year.
Responding to Parliamentary questions from ANC MP Tshehofatso...
Fewer than 100,000 STBs left to install in South Africa's digital migration
Communications minister Solly Malatsi says approximately 98,000 decoder-like set-top boxes (STBs) remain to be installed by 31 March 2026 for South Africa's broadcast digital migration (BDM) project.
The minister was...
Minister Malatsi overhauling SA's race-based tech laws
Mmoba Solomon "Solly" Malatsi is South Africa's Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, and he is fighting for significant change in the country's ICT legislation.
Through a policy directive, Malatsi hopes to introduce Equity...
Government-owned mega network for South Africa - Private companies won't be blocked
The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies says it has received more than 17,000 submissions since extending the deadline for responses on its proposal to establish a mega state-owned cloud...
Digital migration will happen by December 2018 – Minister
Communications Minister Ayanda Dlodlo has reiterated her commitment to see all South Africans migrating from analogue to digital television by December 2018.
Media freedom not declining in South Africa: Communications Minister
Media freedom in South Africa is not declining, says Communications Minister Faith Muthambi, marking International Press Freedom Day.
Communications Minister stands firm on digital migration
Minister of Communications Faith Muthambi has denied reports that the ruling ANC has discussed a reversal of South Africa’s digital migration policy.
First “scandal” here in near record time
New communications minister Faith Muthambi has been accused of lying to the SABC board, less than two months after her appointment
Faith Muthambi - profile of the new communications minister
South Africa’s new communications minister is Faith Muthambi – here is where she comes from, and what some experts say about her appointment
Put consumers first, MultiChoice tells minister
MultiChoice said that it is extremely disappointed by communications minister Yunus Carrim’s utterances on digital migration
Nyanda raises concerns over acting SABC CEO
Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda has raised concerns with the SABC board over the appointment of acting group chief executive officer Rob Nicholson, the broadcaster reported on Monday.
Nyanda wants lower retail prices
Communications Minister says the next cost cutting measures should involve the retail market which supplies services directly to consumers
Universal access to broadband by 2019
South Africans will have universal access to broadband by 2019, Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda said in his budget speech in Parliament on Tuesday.
Siphiwe Nyanda was the Minister of Communications of the Republic of South Africa from 10 May 2009 to 31 October 2010.
General Siphiwe Nyanda SSA SBS CSL DMG MMS MMM (born 1950) is a South African politician, appointed minister of communications in 2009.
He was a South African military...