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    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...
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    Post Office monopoly on sub-1kg package deliveries ended

    Post Office monopoly on sub-1kg package deliveries ended The South African Post Office’s bid to have private couriers fined for delivering small parcels, and keeping the proceeds for itself, has been dealt a death blow. Communications minister Solly Malatsi has formally ended the South African...
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    Communications department prioritising rule review that could enable Starlink launch

    Communications department prioritising rule review that could enable Starlink launch South Africa is prioritising a policy-review process that may result in Elon Musk’s SpaceX and other satellite Internet companies being allowed to operate in Africa’s largest economy without ceding ownership...
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    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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    Mashatile under fire from fellow ANC ministers for presenting DA minister's bill withdrawal reasons

    Mashatile under fire from fellow ANC ministers for presenting DA minister's bill withdrawal reasons Government ministers who are members of the ANC are fuming at their fellow party member, Deputy President Paul Mashatile, accusing him of backing communications minister Solly Malatsi's...
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    E-tv launches legal action to block analogue switch-off

    E-tv launches legal action to block analogue switch-off E-tv has launched an urgent application in the Pretoria High Court to block the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies from switching off South Africa's analogue television signals on 31 March 2025. The founding affidavit...
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    SABC Bill withdrawal delays

    SABC Bill withdrawal delays The speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza, has not yet gazetted Communications Minister Solly Malatsi's withdrawal of the SABC Bill from Parliament after nearly three months, EWN reports. The Bill, introduced to Parliament in October 2023, is intended to...
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    Sita employee lifestyle audit raises red flags over conflicts of interest and unexplained payments

    Sita employee lifestyle audit raises red flags over conflicts of interest and unexplained payments Lifestyle audit reviews of several senior executives at the State Information Technology Agency (Sita) have raised red flags over potential corruption risks at the agency. City Press has obtained...
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    3G smartphones not going away soon

    3G smartphones not going away soon People with 3G-only devices in South Africa will be able to continue using them for the next several years. However, continued imports of devices that support only 2G and 3G connectivity are hindering South Africa's plan to shut down these legacy network...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Digital TV struggles in SA

    Digital TV struggles in SA Communications minister Solly Malatsi has assured that he will make a decision about the switch-off of old analogue TV signals long before the current 31 December 2024 deadline. "One thing I will not do is to leave the pronouncement on that decision very late and...
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    South Africa's DigiTech "app store" is a grid of YouTube videos - including a Stranger Things teaser

    South Africa’s DigiTech "app store" looks like a Grade 8 IT project Democratic Alliance spokesperson on telecommunications and digital technologies Solly Malatsi has ripped into government’s new DigiTech platform, saying it looks like a high schooler could have developed it. Communications...
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    • dept of communications and digital technologies digitech khumbudzo nthsavheni solly malatsi
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  15. Jan

    The Post Office is in so much trouble it is closing branches and selling buildings

    Post Office in deep trouble — closing branches and selling buildings The South African Post Office (Sapo) is in deep financial trouble, with landlords kicking branches out of premises, branches shutting down, and the postal agency putting fourteen of its properties up for auction. With...
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    • khumbudzo ntshavheni solly malatsi south african post office (sapo)
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  16. Jan

    Post Office auctioning off 14 properties with total reserve price of R23.2 million

    Post Office branches up for auction — R23.2 million minimum asking price The South African Post Office (Sapo) has been fighting an uphill battle over recent years, and in the latest turn of events, it has put fourteen of its properties up for auction. While most of the properties for sale are...
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    • auction-all democratic alliance (da) khumbudzo ntshavheni solly malatsi south african post office (sapo)
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