Search results for: Dina Pule

Wed, October 23rd 2013, 13:20 · Brandon Gregory

Officials investigated over Dina Pule “cover-up”

Officials involved with an alleged cover-up involving Dina Pule, the former minister of communications, are being investigated by the Public Service Commission, said Yunus Carrim, communications minister in South Africa. → Read more
Mon, October 14th 2013, 17:30 · Brandon Gregory

Dina Pule signed archive deal between SABC and MultiChoice – report

Dina Pule, the former minister of communications, allegedly sanctioned the controversial ZAR550 million (US$55.4 million) contract signed between the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and MultiChoice, the South African pay-TV broadcaster. → Read more
Wed, August 7th 2013, 13:20 · Brandon Gregory

Dina Pule goes from communications to transport

Dina Pule, South Africa’s controversial former minister of communications, has been appointed to the Portfolio Committee on Transport for the African National Congress (ANC), revealed by a parliamentary announcements, tablings and committee report. → Read more
Mon, July 22nd 2013, 12:52 · Brandon Gregory

Dina Pule docket not missing – Hawks

Claims pertaining to the missing docket regarding the investigation into alleged corruption by Dina Pule, South Africa’s former minister of communications, has been denied by Hawks, the anti-corruption unit. → Read more
Tue, April 23rd 2013, 12:16 · Brandon Gregory

Marian Shinn responds to Dina Pule’s press briefing on Sunday Times

Marian Shinn, shadow minister of communications for the Democratic Alliance, says Dina Pule, South Africa’s communications minister, must stop trying to set herself up as a victim of reports portraying her in a negative light. → Read more
Wed, April 10th 2013, 13:29 · Brandon Gregory

DA lays criminal charges against Dina Pule

Marian Shinn, shadow minister of communications for the Democratic Alliance (DA), laid criminal charges against Dina Pule, South Africa’s communications minister, today. → Read more
Wed, April 10th 2013, 07:54 · Brandon Gregory

DA to lay criminal charges against Dina Pule this morning

Marian Shinn, shadow minister of communications for the Democratic Alliance (DA), is set to lay criminal charges against Dina Pule, South Africa’s communications minister. → Read more
Mon, April 8th 2013, 09:37 · Brandon Gregory

Marian Shinn accuses Dina Pule of not answering parliamentary questions

Marian Shinn, shadow minister of communications for the Democratic Alliance (DA), has slammed Dina Pule, South Africa’s communications minister, for not having answered a “single parliamentary question this year”. → Read more
Tue, March 19th 2013, 13:17 · Brandon Gregory

SABC board names Dina Pule as the reason for resignations

The former board members at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) have blamed Dina Pule, communications minister, for the reason behind their resignations, saying she does not know where her powers begin and end. → Read more
Tue, March 19th 2013, 09:27 · Brandon Gregory

COPE: Dina Pule contributed to SABC woes

Juli Killian, a member of parliament (MP) for Congress of the People (COPE), has accused Dina Pule, communications minister, of contributing to the problems currently plaguing the South African Broadcasting Commission (SABC). → Read more
Sat, February 9th 2013, 15:59 · Tom Jackson

Dina Pule to be replaced as SA communications minister, reports

South African President Jacob Zuma is to replace Minister of Communications Dina Pule with Lindiwe Zulu in a forthcoming cabinet reshuffle, according to newspaper reports over the weekend. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd 2013, 16:27 · Brandon Gregory

SA Communications Minister Dina Pule scores badly on Cabinet Report Cards

South Africa’s Communications Minister Dina Pule scores an E on the respected Mail & Guardian Cabinet Report Cards, which is not considered good enough for her to retain her position. → Read more
Fri, December 21st 2012, 12:20 · Gabriella Mulligan

E.tv wins court case against Dina Pule

The High Court of South Gauteng has ruled in favour of e.tv in finding that Communications Minister Dina Pule overreached her powers in awarding set-top-box controls to Sentech. → Read more
Tue, December 11th 2012, 15:10 · Richard Cutcher

Dina Pule calls on South African ICT industry to contribute to policy making

The South African government has signed up 22 industry experts to advise Dina Pule, the Minister of Communications, on future ICT policy. → Read more
Thu, December 5th 2013, 16:30 · Richard Cutcher

Zuma must expel Pule – DA

Marian Shinn, the Democratic Alliance’s shadow minister for communications, has called on President Jacob Zuma to expel South Africa’s former minister of communications Dina Pule from parliament after the public protector published a scathing assessment of the latter’s conduct. → Read more
Thu, October 17th 2013, 18:30 · Gabriella Mulligan

Kohler Barnard cleared of breaching confidentiality during Pule case

South African shadow minister of police Dianne Kohler Barnard has been cleared by parliament’s ethics committee of breaking confidentiality requirements during ex-communications minister Dina Pule’s hearing by posting secret information on Facebook. → Read more
Fri, September 27th 2013, 14:00 · Richard Cutcher

DoC missed almost half its targets under Pule

South Africa’s Department of Communications (DoC) missed almost 50 per cent of its targets during 2012/2013, according to the country’s auditor-general. → Read more
Fri, September 13th 2013, 17:00 · Gabriella Mulligan

Pule defence cost SA taxpayer more than $100,000

Taxpayers in South Africa have paid ZAR1.2 million (US$119,000) to fund the costs of ex-communications minister Dina Pule’s legal defence in three various investigations against her, her successor has revealed. → Read more
Mon, August 26th 2013, 20:00 · Richard Cutcher

Pule facing ANC suspension

Dina Pule, South Africa’s disgraced former communications minister, could be suspended by the African National Congress (ANC) following her public dressing down in parliament. → Read more
Mon, August 12th 2013, 12:40 · Brandon Gregory

Parliament should suspend Pule immediately – Watson

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called for the immediate suspension of South Africa’s disgraced former communications minister, Dina Pule, following the revelations she was allegedly involved in an assassination plot against politicians investigating her conduct. → Read more