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WhatsApp On 26 January 2021 The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) and the Press Council hosted a briefing on the  Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) recently published Draft White Paper on Audio and Audio-visual Content Services Policy Framework: A New Vision for South Africa 2020. The briefing was arranged to assist journalism bodies and media houses to better understand the proposed regulation and to help them in responding to the invitation for public comment, which is due on 15 February. It is important for press stakeholders to engage with the dra...

Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams said the government is also planning to implement stronger enforcement and penalties for people who do not pay…

  Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams urges viewers to pay SABC TV Licences@Stellarated@SABCNewspic.twitter.com/OUUijrHLlA However, her efforts have been widely criticised, with the DA urging South Africans not to pay a cent more to keep the public broadcaster afloat. “The DA strongly opposes the license fee on streaming services. This is effectively an underhanded attempt by the ANC to force South Africans to use their hard-earned money to bail out the SABC. “It is ridiculous that the government wants to punish South Africans to use their hard-earned money to sustain an entity which the AN...

Citizen reporter An easy-to-read selection of our top stories. Stay up to date with The Citizen – More News, Your Way. Former President Jacob Zuma at the State Capture Commission in Parktown, 16 July 2019. Picture Neil McCartney Source: Department of Health As of Tuesday, 12 January 2021, the cumulative number of detected Covid-19 cases is 1,259,748 with 13,105 new cases identified, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed. 755 more Covid-19 related death...

Stella must justify expense to taxpayers for SABC bailout Issued by Zakhele Mbhele MP – DA Shadow Minister of Communications & Digital Technologies 06 Jan 2021 in News The Democratic Alliance (DA) will write to the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, to ask her to justify properly government’s intention of charging people with mobile devices the cost of a television licence and transferring all the subsequent income to the SABC. This is after the Minister has failed to do so in answer to a written parliamentary question from the DA. The Minister i...