Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT South Africa will not align itself with either Washington or Beijing in AI, communications minister Solly Malatsi has told TechCentral, rejecting the central premise of a new Boston Consulting Group study that argues the window for countries to hedge between the two AI superpowers is closing. The Great Divide: How the…
Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT Communications minister Solly Malatsi has denied claims by business rescue practitioners (BRPs) for the South African Post Office that his refusal to allow them to sell assets or seek external funding has hamstrung the business rescue process. Speaking in an episode of the TechCentral Show to be published in…
South Africa has a curious habit of legislating fantasies and then acting surprised when the real economy ignores them. The now-defunct monopoly of the South African Post Office over sub-1kg parcels is a perfect example of this. On paper, the monopoly existed; in practice, it died years ago. Communications minister Solly Malatsi has merely done…
President Cyril Ramaphosa Presidential spokesman Vincent Magwenya has contradicted an ANC statement that communications minister Solly Malatsi acted unlawfully when he issued a policy directive last Friday on black economic empowerment in the ICT sector. Briefing journalists on Monday, Magwenya said President Cyril Ramaphosa did not have an issue with the policy directive. The president…
Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT If you needed a case study in political point-scoring trumping sober analysis, look no further than the ANC’s broadside on Saturday against communications minister Solly Malatsi’s policy directive on equity equivalent investment programmes (EEIPs). The party’s statement – framed as a defence of transformation and parliamentary authority – comes…
Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT Communications minister Solly Malatsi has replaced four board members from the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (Usaasa) who vacated their posts in August. The ministry said in a statement on Thursday that Yolisa Kedama, Carmen Cupido, Rachel Kalidass and Busani Ngcaweni have been appointed as non-executive members of…
Communications minister Solly Malatsi has said he and his department are making steady progress in resolving the “complex issues” within his portfolio but also admitted that some things are taking longer than they should. Fifteen months after being sworn in to lead the communications portfolio, TechCentral queried Malatsi’s team with pointed questions about his performance…
Khusela Diko and Solly Malatsi Pressure is mounting on communications minister Solly Malatsi’s to act to rescue the SABC as it struggles to pay its escalating bills. On Monday, reporters heard that state-owned signal distributor Sentech, whose primary client is the SABC, is “subsidising” the public broadcaster’s signal distribution expenses to the tune of R70-million/month….
Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT Government is seeking an out-of-court solution to the impasse between government, e.tv and others over the switch-off of analogue television broadcasts. South Africa’s migration from analogue to digital terrestrial television is on hold once again after the high court in Pretoria in March granted broadcaster e.tv and others an…
Communications minister Solly Malatsi The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has voiced its support for communications minister Solly Malatsi’s plan to reform empowerment rules in ICT sector licensing. A draft policy direction by Malatsi calls for the introduction of equity equivalents in licensing so companies don’t have to sell equity to black investors and can…
