Policy, Page 93
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Thu, May 2nd, 07:52 · Tom Jackson
Satellite images document cost of raid against Boko Haram
Human Rights Watch says satellite images have revealed 2,275 homes were destroyed in the northern Nigerian town of Baga last month as soldiers hunted down Boko Haram fighters. → Read more
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Tue, April 30th, 13:40 · Richard Cutcher
ZAR501 million owed to ICASA in fees
Unpaid fees by the army and police account for more than half of the ZAR501 million (US$55 million) owed to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), while another ZAR6 million (US$670,000) is “untraceable”. → Read more
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Mon, April 29th, 12:33 · Brandon Gregory
SANRAL now battling to implement e-tolling in Gauteng
Member of provincial legislature (MPL) Jack Bloom has said reports today reveal the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) is not ready to implement e-tolling on Gauteng’s highways. → Read more
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Mon, April 29th, 12:17 · Brandon Gregory
Communications DG locked out of her office
Rosey Seseke, South Africa’s communications director-general (DG), had to seek legal advice to have her “special leave” lifted after being locked out of her office. → Read more
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Mon, April 29th, 07:57 · Richard Cutcher
Sunday Times reporters ridicule Pule in print
The three Sunday Times journalists accused by South African communications minister Dina Pule of acting on personal motives and “blackmailing” her have hit back in print. → Read more
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Mon, April 29th, 05:56 · Tom Jackson
SA soccer boss at centre of Pule blackmail campaign – report
Jomo Sono, the owner of the Jomo Cosmos soccer team, has been accused by a newspaper of being at the centre of the alleged blackmail campaign against South African communications minister Dina Pule. → Read more
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Fri, April 26th, 12:59 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian minister encourages girls to develop interest in ICT
Nigeria’s communication technology minister, Omobola Johnson, has encouraged Nigerian women to pursue careers in ICT and bridge the gap between males and females in ICT. → Read more
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Fri, April 26th, 12:43 · Richard Cutcher
Ghanaian students to receive 400,000 laptops
More than 400,000 laptops will be sent to post high school students and lecturers in Ghana by the end of 2016 as part of the government’s e-education initiative. → Read more
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Thu, April 25th, 14:42 · Gabriella Mulligan
OPINION: Pule’s abuse of power must end
Through a stream of unfounded accusations and dubious denials, South African communications minister Dina Pule is bringing ridicule upon herself and the Department of Communications (DoC). → Read more
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Thu, April 25th, 07:53 · Tom Jackson
TopTV porn channels to be separate package
TopTV says its three new pornographic channels will be offered as a “separate, stand-alone package” after it was granted permission by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to broadcast them. → Read more
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Wed, April 24th, 13:42 · Tom Jackson
Pule investigation almost complete – public protector
South African public protector Thuli Madonsela says the investigation into communications minister Dina Pule may be finalised before that into President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandkla homestead upgrade. → Read more
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Tue, April 23rd, 16:19 · Kamau Mbote
Okiengo chosen by Kenyatta as new ICT minister
President Uhuru Kenyatta has named University of Nairobi don Dr Fred Okiengo Matiang’i as the nominee cabinet secretary for the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT). → Read more
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Tue, April 23rd, 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
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Tue, April 23rd, 08:31 · Paul Adepoju
Government cash boost for Nigerian tech entrepreneurs
Omobola Johnson, Nigeria’s communication technology minister, has launched the National ICT Incubation Programme in Lagos, which aims to create 25 successful tech businesses by 2015. → Read more
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Tue, April 23rd, 08:24 · Brandon Gregory
Samwu: Don’t be fooled into buying e-tags
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) has told the public they must not be “fooled” into purchasing e-tags for e-tolling, while the union aims to make e-tolling “uncollectable”. → Read more
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Tue, April 23rd, 08:12 · Igor Hobotov
Digital migration for Liberia set for 2015
Liberia has set June 2015 as its deadline to switch to the digital broadcasting platform just before the worldwide deadline on the same month in 2015. → Read more
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Tue, April 23rd, 07:24 · Richard Cutcher
Sunday Times rubbishes SA minister Pule’s claims
A South African newspaper has slammed allegations made by communications minister Dina Pule that three of their investigative journalists are campaigning against her. → Read more
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Mon, April 22nd, 14:39 · Brandon Gregory
Pule accused of blowing ZAR2.6 million on recruitment deal
Dina Pule, South African communications minister, allegedly wasted ZAR2.6 million (US$280,000) on a recruitment deal, which reportedly led to the appointment of Phosane Mngqibisa’s friends onto the boards of key parastatals. → Read more
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Mon, April 22nd, 12:41 · Brandon Gregory
Pule speaks out against Sunday Times alleged “smear campaign”
Dina Pule, South Africa’s communications minister, has said the negative reports by the Sunday Times over the past few months are a smear campaign against her. → Read more
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Mon, April 22nd, 09:51 · Brandon Gregory
DA: Nazir Alli, Sanral CEO reveals more toll-roads
Nazir Alli, chief executive officer (CEO) of the South African Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has revealed the agency has plans for the implementation of five new toll-roads in the country at a portfolio committee meeting. → Read more
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