Pillay tweeted this week that a reporter who had resigned was a ‘rat’ jumping to a sinking ship
The SABC is technically insolvent and has asked for a R3.2bn government guarantee, but the former COO insists he left its finances in good way
‘In the SABC no one was better than me … It's an insult to say I'm not educated,’ the axed SABC COO said
Ben Ngubane explains the meteoric rise of one of the public broadcaster’s most colourful figures
Madoda Mxakwe tells the state-capture inquiry the SABC is technically insolvent, overburdened by staff salaries, and drowning in irregular expenditure
Craig van Rooyen is leaving the cash-strapped public broadcaster in September
About $600m a year is spent on media development in Africa by state and private funders
Desperate public broadcaster argues must-carry rules have deprived it of potential revenue
Public broadcaster is waiting for response from the government to a request for R3.2bn guarantee to stay afloat
After 25 years, the weekly Afrikaans publication is reborn online
Critics of the proposed law say it is devoid of logic in some of its proposals
This follows a R22m fine Naspers’s DStv received, along with most other media groups, for colluding on advertising rates
Most parties agree that exit interviews to ascertain the problems experienced should happen before board vacancies are filled
Hlengiwe Mkhize, who chairs the portfolio committee on communications, says the recommendation of candidates should be done before parliament rises
The beleaguered broadcaster has assured staff that their salaries will be paid on Tuesday
The resignations leave the board on the brink of collapse
Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has made it clear that she is opposed to retrenchments
Controversial family bought the Midrand property for R30m in 2007
The loss-making broadcaster spends about R3bn a year to pay the salaries of just over 3,000 employees
The funds, awarded over two years, ‘aim to elevate voices from local communities and further the development of citizen journalism and community reporting’
