John Steenhuisen makes allegations about Starlink in South Africa
Minister John Steenhuisen made serious allegations against former DA leader Tony Leon, claiming that he exploited his connections to arrange meetings between government officials and private companies.
This included attempts to...
28% of Gauteng's R124 million CCTV network offline — DA
The Gauteng Provincial Government is under fire from the Democratic Alliance (DA) over outages affecting the province's costly CCTV safety network.
According to the DA, 28% of the province's CCTV camera network was offline, with over 269...
The impeached judge says he has ‘the expertise, I have been a judge in this country for 29 years so I know the system in and out’.
In February Hlophe was impeached by the assembly for gross misconduct, becoming the first judge to be impeached by parliament. He has a PhD in law.
Shortly after...
Pretoria gets Cope mayor with ANC-EFF support
Lawmakers in the South African municipality of Tshwane elected a mayor from a minority party — the second major city this year to hand power to an official who has no popular mandate.
Murunwa Makwarela of the Congress of the People, which holds...
ANC kills probe into emergency power tender
The ANC has backtracked on its own proposal to probe South Africa's plan to procure emergency power following a court ruling in favour of the biggest contributor in the programme — Turkish company Karpowership.
Parliament's Portfolio Committee on...
ANC, DA, and EFF - Two host locally, one internationally
All the major political parties promote the support of South African businesses, but when it comes to website hosting, some parties are supporting international hosts rather than local companies.
MyBroadband looked at where the prominent...
Reveal details about STB procurement – DA
DA Shadow Minister of Telecommunications Marian Shinn has called on Communications Minister Ayanda Dlodlo to reveal the details of the state-sponsored set-top box procurement process.
Has anyone made use of CAD House services for the 3D equipment or projects? I tried to buy filament from this 'company' a couple of times but found their website to be very slow and disorganised. Luckily I have never been successful in getting what I needed and bought it somewhere else. Didn't...
DA goes digital in tracking performance
The Democratic Alliance will be holding its public representatives accountable using an online digital application, its leader Mmusi Maimane said on Sunday.
DA guns for SABC’s acting CFO
With Hlaudi Motsoeneng dismissed and former CFO and acting CEO James Aguma facing disciplinary steps, the Democratic Alliance has now set its sights on the SABC’s acting CFO, after replies to parliamentary questions revealed dubious contracts.
Helen Zille suspended from the DA
DA leader Mmusi Maimane has suspended Helen Zille from the political party.
This is “pending the outcome of her disciplinary hearing”.
DA allegedly “hacks” municipality security system
A fight between Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Athol Trollip and his deputy Mongameli Bobani has resulted in a criminal case being opened against the DA leader.
DA welcomes planned revision of STB plan
The DA has welcomed the news that the procurement process for the government-sponsored set-top boxes is being reviewed because of an irregular procurement process.
Inspector general asked to probe alleged SABC spying
The DA will ask the new Inspector General of Intelligence to probe allegations by SABC journalists and staff that the State Security Agency has spied on them.
DA calls for lawful consultation on new ICT policy
Marian Shinn, the DA’s shadow minister of telecommunications, has written to Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa requesting that a lawful consultation process, in terms of the ECA, be held on the National Integrated ICT Policy White Paper.
Local police and emergency vehicles’ engines cut off after tracker bill not paid
The DA in Ekurhuleni has raised concerns over the recent immobilisation of emergency and other municipal vehicles fitted with tracking systems.
DA wants fake news investigated
The DA has asked the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa to probe the rise in fake news reports gaining traction in the country’s media.
DA calls for public hearing on digital broadcasting migration
The DA has called for a public hearing regarding the status of the migration from analogue to digital broadcasting.
The party requested a two-day public hearing for stakeholders in the ICT sector to evaluate the status of the...