Finweek to lodge formal dispute?

The director of media and communications for the 2010 Local Organising Committee, Tim Modise, allegedly resigned from his post on Friday, 8 February 2008, reports the Sowetan.

COSATU may proceed with court action against the President Thabo Mbeki over “dissatisfaction with the appointment of the new SABC board”, writes Business Day, and SABC board member Bheki Khumalo has allegedly been forced to resign as group GM of Sasol after being given an ultimatum that he had to choose between his job at the petrochemical giant or the SABC board, reports SABCnews.com.

The Times Online also reports that the Magazine Publishers Association of South Africa (MPASA) is in crisis and does “not have the funding to continue functioning”. On Friday morning, the association emailed out an urgent questionnaire to members to be completed before a meeting tomorrow, Tuesday 12 February.

At the first SANEF council meeting this year in Cape Town yesterday, Sunday 10 February, the ANC rejected accusations by the media that its proposed new media complaints body was an assault on press freedom, saying that as usual the media were overreacting, reports IOL and the Mail & Guardian Online.
South Africa will begin digital terrestrial television broadcasting four years earlier than the date set by African regulators, according to IOL Technology.

Isidingo actress Ashley Callie is said to be recovering at the Johannesburg Hospital following a serious car accident on Friday night, reports the Sowetan.

American daily afternoon newspaper The Capital Times announced last week that it is moving to an all-Internet edition and that it will be publishing free print editions twice a week, writes IOL Technology. “This is the first daily newspaper of any stature or prominence to basically move to all-Internet, said Joe Strupp, senior editor at Editor & Publisher.”

For more:

• The Times Online: Money mag fights brag allegations
  
• Sowetan: Modise said to have quit LOC job
  
• The Star: Is Tim Modise leaving?
  
• Business Day: Court threat hangs over Mbeki's SABC board
• SABCnews.com: Bheki Khumalo stays with SABC, leaves Sasol
  
• The Times Online: Magazine association hits doldrums
  
• Bizcommunity.com Breaking News Blog: [MPASA] Urgent questionnaire for MPASA members
  
• IOL: ANC rejects concerns over press freedom
  
• Mail & Guardian Online: ANC media tribunal under scrutiny
  
• Variety.com: South Africa ahead of digital game
  
• Sowetan: Isidingo actress on the mend
• IOL Technology: Newspaper cuts back on print, boosts website