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SABC to launch own on-demand video streaming service
The news comes as the embattled broadcaster and the Communications Department craft a plan to get more South Africans to contribute to TV licence fees.
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Cabinet: Recovery plan will build confidence, place SA on new investment path
Cabinet has announced that it had approved the setting up of a national economic recovery council which will be responsible for the regular monitoring and implementation of the country's new economic plan.
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Winde: Creating new jobs, growing local economy priorities for WC govt
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has outlined plans to steer the province towards a better economic climate and said that the region was now joining hands with civil society and the private sector to reduce poverty and unemployment.
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Eskom plans to extend Koeberg power station's lifespan by further 20 years
The power utility said that several outdated power stations would be decommissioned over the next decade, but the company will be adding capacity to the grid at the same time.
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Solidarity Fund raised over R3bn since its launch 7 months ago
The fund has so far allocated R2.2 billion to various projects.
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Transnet's Laher tells of insubordination fears if he questioned Anoj Singh
Former electrical engineer Francis Callard earlier told the commission that Yousuf Laher was responsible for a R1 billion increase in the 100 locomotives contract in 201 and he instructed him to draft a memorandum for the increase.
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Rally behind recovery plan or face paralysis, Ramaphosa tells political parties
President Cyril Ramaphosa conceded that while many aspects of the plan were not new, a more careful reading would show a new resolve and determination to implement the changes needed.
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Buthelezi: We must put aside political agendas in order to rebuild
The IFP's Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi told the National Assembly that President Cyril Ramaphosa and the government have tried to do their best with the economic reconstruction and recovery plan unveiled last week.
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Makhura: Gauteng already implementing govt's COVID-19 economic recovery plan
Gauteng Premier David Makhura said that the strategy was a clarion call for the country to rally around to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic with a new economy.
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PBC: Budget must focus on improving the composition of expenditure
The coalition, comprised of various civil society organisations, has called the report ‘an alternative human rights budget’.
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Implementation key in ensuring economic recovery plan works - ANC
Members of the National Assembly and the NCOP are debating the plan delivered last week.
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Prasa beefing up security to protect assets, passengers & staff, MPs told
The passenger rail network has lacked proper protection since security companies’ services were terminated late last year.
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Zondo commission hears more Transnet-related evidence
Transnet finance executive Yousuf Laher on Wednesday Laher took the stand at the commission to mainly respond after he was implicated by former electrical engineer Francis Callard.
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EFF calls for Ranjeni Munusamy to be removed from Treasury position
"The Economic Freedom Fighters rejects with contempt the appointment of Ranjeni Munusamy as the political secretary to the Minister of Finance," the EFF said in a statement.
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MPs praise Tsakani Maluleke as SA’s next Auditor-General
Maluleke will be the country’s first woman to be appointed as the head of the Chapter 9 institution.
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Ranjeni Munusamy appointed in Finance Ministry
Treasury said, “it’s the prerogative of the ministry who he appoints to his team as per the prescripts of the Ministerial Handbook”.
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Gupta associate Salim Essa had knowledge of contracts at Transnet, inquiry told
Transnet’s Diedre Strydom and former managing director of rail at Hatch, Henk Bester, said the pair wielded a lot of power and were not shy to use it.
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Google's war on all fronts over media, competition and tax
US authorities have had the digital giant in their sights for years, and now accuse it of breaching competition law to maintain its iron grip on search and online advertising.
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Competition Tribunal dismisses SAEF bid to halt Thabong Coal merger with South32
Thabong Coal is a subsidiary of Seriti Resources Holdings, which has long-term supply contracts with Eskom.
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US slaps Google with antitrust suit, eyes possible breakup
The politically-charged case, which could take years to play out, draws new battle lines between the US government and Big Tech with potentially major implications for the sector.
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Hatch project director Bester details how ‘aggressive’ talks with Transnet were
The commission has been hearing damning testimony this week about what happened at Transnet.
