There was certainly a lot more buzz than there was at last year’s Johannesburg event, with a nearly constant stream of feet through the door.
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The original adjudication of the appointment of manufacturers was originally set for December 2012, then revised to March 2013. The DoC has since requested the STB manufacturers to extend the validity of the RFP until mid-June 2013.
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Minister of Communications Dina Pule lashed out not only at the Sunday Times and specific journalists who work for the newspaper, but also at those with “business and political interests related to the multi-billion rand set-top-box tender and related issues” as being complicit in a blackmail plot against her.
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An illegal strike at the South African Post Office’s Witspos and Tshwane mailing centres in Gauteng is affecting the delivery of Dataweek to subscribers in the region.
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This discovery is likely to prompt manufacturers of lead-free products to seek ways to diffuse and mitigate the particular stresses identified by the research.
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The e.tv affidavit cites the proposed lawsuit as arising from what it deems the unlawful action of Minister of Communications, Ms Dina Pule, in appointing Sentech to manage the control system.
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It would seem that, provided the DoC makes the appointments quickly and expeditiously, there will be no South African TV-owning households without a locally manufactured STB by mid-2015.
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The ball is finally rolling on the manufacture of set-top boxes (STBs) in South Africa.
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On the 18th of July, staff from Technews paid a visit to Diepsloot north of Johannesburg to contribute to South Africa’s 67 Minutes campaign.
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According to spokesperson for the DoC, Siya Qoza, the Department has set 31 August 2012 as the deadline for prospective STB manufacturers to submit their tender documents to the DoC. “Following these ...
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The project was initiated by the SAEEC and SAEIF on behalf of their members, and enjoys the backing of the dti.
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