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1999/06/11
This decision has been discussed with the President of the ANC, Cde Thabo Mbeki, and he supports me in my decision. I have enjoyed working under the astute leadership of both President Mandela and Deputy President Mbeki. I wish to thank President Mandela, Deputy President Mbeki, my colleagues in Cabinet, labour and business who have worked closely with me to make this sector the success it has been. [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/9907191029a1010.htm Size: 8KB Source: POSTS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND BROADCASTING Collection: gov
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0.7966
1999/05/17
NAIDOO: NATIONAL FORENSIC AUDIT FOR SA POST OFFICE
A national forensic audit is to be conducted in the SA Post Office (SAPOS) as a matter of urgency, according to Post, Telecommunications and Broadcasting Minister Jay Naidoo. "On May 10, after consultation with the Board and other stakeholders, I requested that a national forensic audit be conducted as a matter of urgency, and that it be concluded within six to eight weeks," he says. It will cover allegations of financial mismanagement, tendering procedures (including an audit of all ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/9911091035a1012.htm Size: 8KB Source: MINISTRY POSTS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND BROADCASTING Speaker: NAIDOO Collection: gov
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0.7966
1999/05/13
NAIDOO: THIRD CELLULAR LICENCE TO BE ISSUED BY JULY
The process for issuing a third cellular license is on track and would be awarded by July this year, according to Jay Naidoo, Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Broadcasting. Naidoo said recent media reports citing regulatory uncertainty and delays in the process as causes for foreign operators losing interest in participating in the tender were unfounded. "I have not been approached by either the South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (SATRA), nor major foreign ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/990514946a1004.htm Size: 8KB Source: POSTS,TELECOMMUNICATIONS, BROADCASTING Speaker: NAIDOO Collection: gov
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0.7966
1999/05/10
NAIDOO: ACTION TAKEN AGAINST SAPOS STAFF IMPLICATED IN CRIME
Immediate and decisive action was taken by the SA Post Office Board of Directors when a routine internal audit conducted identified a number of top and senior managers abusing and defrauding the company's flexi-remuneration scheme, says Jay Naidoo, Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Broadcasting. "I was fully briefed last week on this matter and support SAPOS acting managing director Max Maisela in his decision to bring charges against those found to have broken the law," Naidoo says.... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/9911091035a1011.htm Size: 8KB Source: MINISTRY POSTS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND BROADCASTING Speaker: NAIDOO Collection: gov
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0.7966
1999/04/09
NAIDOO: INCIDENT IN ETHIOPIA INVOLVING SA JOURNALISTS
On my arrival in Addis Ababa it was brought to my attention that half a dozen or so South African journalists travelling with me on The African Connection Rally had been involved in an incident in the city. It appears the journalists were travelling on a hired luxury bus from the OAU headquarters where they had participated in a media briefing, to the University of Addis Ababa to be briefed on the African Virtual University project. The police officers wanted the journalists to produce the ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/9904131053a1006.htm Size: 9KB Source: POSTS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND BROADCASTING Speaker: NAIDOO Collection: gov
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0.7966
1999/03/31
NAIDOO PARTICIPATES IN AFRICAN CONNECTION RALLY
South Africa's Posts and Telecommunications Minister, Jay Naidoo, began an ambitious 16 000km journey yesterday, aiming to drive from the continent's most northerly point to its southern tip in less than 3 weeks. Called the African Connection Rally, Minister Naidoo's two 4x4 vehicles will cross 11 countries in the trip, from Bizerte in Tunisia to Cape Agulhas in South Africa. The Rally is the first phase of the African Connection, and is officially sponsored by telecommunications ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/990401534p1001.htm Size: 10KB Source: POSTS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND BROADCASTING Collection: gov
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0.7966
1999/03/17
NAIDOO: INTRODUCTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE BROADCASTING BILL
In referring the Bill back to this House, President Mandela made it clear he is satisfied the Bill does not infringe the Bill of Rights set out in the Constitution. His particular concern was that the formulation of 40(1)(a) was too open-ended, giving the Minister the power to regulate on matters that may fall within the functions of the IBA. The amendment in respect of this section that I am tabling today directs the Minister to draw regulations specifically in terms of what The Broadcasting... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/9907191029a1022.htm Size: 8KB Source: POSTS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS & BROADCASTING Speaker: NAIDOO Collection: gov
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0.7966
1999/03/11
NAIDOO: LICENSING OF THIRD CELLULAR OPERATOR ON TRACK
The licensing of a third mobile cellular operator is going ahead as planned, says Jay Naidoo, Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Broadcasting. He was reacting to reports in Business Day and Electronic Mail & Guardian today that stated or implied that the licensing of a third cellular operator has been halted because of the withdrawal of the draft Telecommunications Amendment Bill from the Parliamentary process. The press release also indicated that the withdrawal of the draft Bill ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/99312_0lp02399_10265.htm Size: 8KB Source: POSTS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND BROADCASTING Speaker: NAIDOO Collection: gov
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0.7966
1999/03/10
NAIDOO: DRAFT TELECOM AMENDMENT BILL WITHDRAWN
The draft Telecommunications Amendment Bill, tabled this week in Parliament, has been withdrawn at the instruction of Jay Naidoo, Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Broadcasting. The Bill was intended to deal with particular amendments to definitions in the existing Telecommunications Act, and to include definitions for "roaming" and "number portability". However concerns raised by stakeholders, including Telkom, about the lack of consultation and the impact of the Bill on existing ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/99312_0lp66699_10275.htm Size: 7KB Source: POSTS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND BROADCASTING Speaker: NAIDOO Collection: gov
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0.7966
1999/03/10
NAIDOO: SA AIMS TO BUILD OWN COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE
* Establish a co-ordinated South African satellite programme; * Acquire and operate a regional telecommunications satellite for South Africa, and; * Establish a skills base of people trained in various aspects of satellite technology. South Africa, through the various users of satellite facilities such as Telkom, Sentech, Transtel, Orbicom and others, spend between R450 million and R550 million annually on leasing transponder capacity on international geo-stationary satellites for the purpose... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/99312_0lp63499_10273.htm Size: 11KB Source: POSTS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND BROADCASTING Speaker: NAIDOO Collection: gov
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0.7966
1999/03/08
NAIDOO: COMMUNICATIONS BUDGET VOTE, NA
They are: Canada Post, Deutsche Post, La Poste and New Zealand Post/Royal Mail. Each of these candidates is capable of making a significant contribution to the development of the SA Post Office into a world class company able to deliver efficient and effective services to its customers and the people of South Africa. An independent survey released recently ranked South Africa 23rd in terms of telecommunications and information technology investment, 4th largest in the world in terms of ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/99309_naidoo99_10253.htm Size: 18KB Source: POSTS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, BROADCASTING Speaker: NAIDOO Collection: gov
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0.7966
1999/03/08
MINISTER JAY NAIDOO TO RALLY AFRICA
The drivers will include South Africa's own Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Broadcasting Jay Naidoo, well-known motoring writer Geoff Dalglish, popular radio presenter and journalist Bob Mabena, who is also an ardent motoring enthusiast, and Navine Kapila, a rally enthusiast who has traversed the world twice overland. En-route, Minister Naidoo will make contact with his counterparts in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe, opening ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/9911091035a1010.htm Size: 10KB Source: MINISTRY OF POSTS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND BROADCASTING Collection: gov
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0.7966
1999/02/20
NAIDOO: Y2K CONFERENCE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
A crisis that involves the whole community, and a crisis that you as leaders of your respective communities can help, control, contain, eradicate and help spread the responsible word about the " Millennium Bug". As you know the Y2K National Decision Support Centre has been entrusted by government in managing the Y2K problem. * Parastatals * Small & Medium enterprises in Business * The Financial Sectors * IT * Industry * And the Public Sector - to which the majority of you belong. [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/9911091035a1025.htm Size: 12KB Source: MINISTRY POSTS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS & BROADCASTING Speaker: NAIDOO Collection: gov
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0.7966
1999/02/12
NAIDOO: SADC CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE 1999
The challenge for Southern Africa Development Community is to develop public policy that harness the tremendous dynamism of information technologies to modernise the regional economy. The global exchange of knowledge and information that is driving the information revolution is rapidly becoming the foundation of business and society. As the theme document demonstrates Southern Africa remains a huge untapped market for information communication technologies. [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/9911091035a1006.htm Size: 19KB Source: MINISTRY FOR POSTS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS & BROADCASTING Speaker: NAIDOO Collection: gov
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0.7966
1999/02/09
NAIDOO: PARLIAMENTARY MEDIA BRIEFING, FEB 99
This will be largely used to recapitalise the Post Office and for the roll-out of postal services to the previously unserviced areas" Maisela said. After delaying increases until its service improved, the Post Office introduced an average postage rate increase of 30 per cent last year. In particular, the Post Office must ensure greater access to postal services by re-balancing the postal network for equity. [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/99210_posts99_10100.htm Size: 18KB Source: POST OFFICE Speaker: NAIDOO Collection: gov
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0.7966
1999/02/08
NAIDOO: PARLIAMENTARY MEDIA BRIEFING, FEB 99
* South Africa is ranked 23rd in the world in terms of telecommunications and information technology (IT) investment. * Source: Digital Planet; Global Information Economy study by World Information Technology and Services Alliance. In March last year, Cabinet adopted a broad strategy to develop information communications technology (ICT) in South Africa. [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/9911091035a1005.htm Size: 21KB Source: MINISTRY FOR POSTS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS & BROADCASTING Speaker: NAIDOO Collection: gov
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0.7966
1999/02/02
NAIDOO: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FUND-RAISING DINNER
How can we celebrate Alexander Graham Bell's magnificent invention of the telephone and all the advances its brings with it - digital communications, computers, the Internet - when half of humanity has not seen a telephone or does not have access to a telephone? In South Africa, we are pioneering the new forms of public private sector partnerships that balance the imperative of investors wanting a return on their investment with our developmental priorities of education, health, security and ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/9911091035a1003.htm Size: 14KB Source: Ministry for Posts, Telecommunications & Broadcasting Speaker: NAIDOO Collection: gov
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0.7966
1999/01/26
NAIDOO: SA POST OFFICE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PARTNERSHIP BID
Four international consortium have put in Indicative Proposals for the Strategic Management Partnership (SMP) contract for the restructuring, reform and development of the SA Post Office. In addition to submitting information as required by the Indicative Proposal, bidders also submitted proposals that addressed the specific needs of the SA Post Office. Locally, the SA Post Office is in a strong position to become a hub for the region and the continent. [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/99201_sa-pos99_10077.htm Size: 9KB Source: POSTS, TELECOMUNICATIONS, BROADCASTING Speaker: NAIDOO Collection: gov
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0.7966
1999/01/21
NAIDOO: BROADCASTING BILL REFERRED BACK TO PARLIAMENT
President Nelson Mandela will request Parliament to review two clauses of the Broadcasting Bill that, in the opinion of his legal advisors, could be loopholes for a Constitutional challenge, says Jay Naidoo, Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Broadcasting. The Broadcasting Bill was passed by Parliament late last year and sent to the President for signature. "While it is important to note that the President is satisfied that the Bill does not infringe the Bill of Rights set out in the ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/99201_bill99_10066.htm Size: 8KB Source: POSTS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, BROADCASTING Speaker: NAIDOO Collection: gov
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0.7966
1999/01/12
NAIDOO SAYS SA'S Y2K PROGRAMME ON TRACK
South Africa's Y2K readiness programme is on track and by the end of this year, it is expected the country will be between 65-70 percent compliant, says Jay Naidoo, Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Broadcasting. The priorities for South Africa's Y2K programme this year, therefore, will be a considered drive to get government departments and local authorities Y2K ready . The Y2K Centre has also been drafted to work on international committees such as the International ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1999/99118_0x94599_10020.htm Size: 14KB Source: POSTS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, BROADCASTING Collection: gov