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  1. Luis

    Embattled SABC allocated R234 million budget amid TV Licence failure

    Embattled SABC allocated R234 million budget amid TV Licence failure The Minister of Communications and Digital Technology, Solly Malatsi, allocated R234 million to the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) in his budget vote speech on Tuesday. It was the latest bailout for the...
  3. Luis

    Malatsi announced commitment to finalising policy on Wireless Open Access Networks

    Malatsi announced commitment to finalising policy on Wireless Open Access Networks Communications minister Solly Malatsi has announced that his department was committed to finalising a policy direction on Wireless Open Access Networks (WOANs). In a brief remark during his Budget Vote speech...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Two officials under investigation for AI hallucinations used in national policy named by Rapport

    Two officials under investigation for AI hallucinations used in national policy named by Rapport Two men under investigation for using AI-hallucinated references in the draft South Africa National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy are reportedly seasoned Department of Communications...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Comms department suspends two officials over fake AI research in SA draft AI Policy

    Comms department suspends two officials over fake AI research in SA draft AI Policy South Africa's communications department placed two officials on precautionary suspension pending an investigation into artificial intelligence (AI) hallucinations in the country's draft National AI Policy...
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    • ai hallucinations artificial intelligence (ai) communications department dcdt draft ai policy nonkqubela jordan-dyani solly malatsi
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  6. Luis

    Top AI experts excluded from helping with now-withdrawn National AI policy

    Top AI experts excluded from helping with now-withdrawn National AI policy A top South African researcher told MyBroadband that the government did not contact esteemed AI experts in the country to help with the Draft National AI policy. On Monday, Communications and Digital Technology Minister...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Digital migration inches forward

    Digital migration inches forward The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) is determined to carry out South Africa's migration from analogue to digital television. The department said it has significantly ramped up its efforts to provide indigent households across the...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Another twist for the end of TV licences in South Africa

    Another twist for the end of TV licences in South Africa Debates about the future of the SABC TV Licence took a turn on Friday night when the details of plans for a new funding model for South Africa’s public broadcaster were discussed behind closed doors. Communications minister Solly Malatsi...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    New SABC funding plan coming soon

    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...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Fewer than 100,000 STBs left to install in South Africa's digital migration

    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...
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    • broadcast digital migration (bdm) communications minister dcdt digital migration set-top box (stb) solly malatsi
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Minister Malatsi overhauling SA's race-based tech laws

    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...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    Starlink offers R500-million free school Internet for approval in South Africa

    Starlink offers R500-million free school Internet for approval in South Africa Elon Musk's SpaceX has committed to spending R500 million to provide free broadband Internet to schools in South Africa, a proposed investment to gain local approval for Starlink. The planned investment was revealed...
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    • dcdt elon musk free wi-fi parks tau ryan b. goodnight ryan goodnight satellite internet solly malatsi spacex starlink
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    SABC Bill scrapping "death knell" for public broadcaster — Parliament committee chair

    SABC Bill scrapping "death knell" for public broadcaster — Parliament committee chair The chairperson of Parliament's portfolio committee on communications, Khusela Diko, has slammed the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies' reported decision to withdraw the SABC Bill. In a...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Malatsi kills the SABC Bill

    Malatsi kills the SABC Bill Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Solly Malatsi has scrapped the controversial SABC bill, which would have set a three-year deadline for developing a new funding model for the public broadcaster. Sunday Times reports that Malatsi wrote to...
  15. Jan

    After R743,644.95, Digitech is broken - SITA redesigned it, used "admin" for password

    South Africa's R740,000 app website uses R950 template and "admin" for password Digitech, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies’ “digital products portal”, was built using the $49 (R957) Martis theme for Drupal. An eagle-eyed MyBroadband forum member and our in-house...
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    • dcdt department of communications digitech khumbudzo ntshavheni mondli gungubele state information technology agency (sita)
    • Replies: 55
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
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