Government

The SA Revenue Service collected 9.6 percent more tax last year than the year before, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Tuesday. more

Electricity analyst Chris Yelland says that Eskom is already operating on a form of load shedding which will be exacerbated during winter.  more

All South African websites will be forced to have at least 30% BEE ownership if a new amendment to the Empowerment Charter for the ICT Sector is approved more

An online database of municipal officials dismissed for misconduct will soon be operational to help prevent them being re-employed at other municipalities more

The nature of Communications Minister Dina Pule’s relationship with businessman Phosane Mngqibisa will be investigated by a nine-member panel, The Times reported on Thursday. more

The Western Cape government has allocated a budgeted amount of R52.746 million for its Broadband Initiative in 2013. more

The DA has offered 10 actions and issues that it believes to be critical for the SABC’s interim board to focus on to ensure that it leaves a legacy the next board will value and can build on. more

University of the Free State rector Jonathan Jansen slates the communications minister Dina Pule on Twitter more

The DoC says it believes the Sunday Times is guilty of breaching the Press Code and has called on the paper to apologise to the minister Dina Pule. more

Parliamentarians are likely to have to take personal responsibility for social media postings conducted during official proceedings, the Sunday Times reported. more

Communications Minister Dina Pule has slammed allegations of nepotism against her and her boyfriend as a smear campaign, the Sunday Times reported. more

Newspaper reports that a “damning picture has emerged of a communications minister who has ceded control of her portfolio to her boyfriend” more

The Gauteng online schools project has been put under strategic review in order to incorporate a comprehensive E-Learning aspect which was not part of the existing scope. more

The cause of the perpetual crisis of the SABC is political interference in appointments to both the board and executive management.  more