NEWSWATCH: It appears that the Free State government's control over news and information in that province is growing, reports Mail & Guardian, while BD Live reports that the Department of Communications is aiming for 100% broadband coverage by 2020.
For more:
Mail & Guardian: Press buyout a victory for Magashule... So the same company that won the tender for that website, has now bought a controlling stake in the newspapers that has been critical of that premier and his provincial government.
And we are expected to believe that the "tell-it-like-it-is" critical reporting of the premier and the provincial government will continue?
BD Live: Broadband is top priority for Department of Communications... That's good news, but there are challenges... a lack of skills and competencies, lack of infrastructure and cost.To benefit business and the people of this country as it should, broadband's cost should be affordable - and that means a great cheaper than it is now.
Rod Baker is Content Director at Bizcommunity.com. A journalist since before computers, he worked on a wide range of magazines and, in his youth, rose through the ranks from being a lowly and abused sub-editor, to a high and still abused editor and publisher. He has been editor and publisher of a number of magazines, as well as a newspaper. He has edited many books, and written a number too. Email him at moc.ytinummoczib@dor.
