The communications ministry claims set-top box procurement cost just over R900 million, amid reports government spent a fortune on the devices.

The Pretoria High Court dismisses an application to set aside remedial action proposed by the public protector following allegations of abuse of power by the former board.

The board takes the minister of telecommunications and postal services and public protector to court over their 'unlawful and uncontitutional' removal.

The ruling party says the state-owned entity's handling of the suspension of CEO Lumko Mtimde was "criminal".

CZ Electronics opens the doors to its East Rand manufacturing facility to show the decoders used for digital migration are proudly South African.

The communications minister slams USAASA's wrongdoing in overseeing the production process of digital migration set-top boxes.

The state owned entity says that CEO, Lumko Mtimde, is currently under suspension pending a disciplinary hearing after allegations of "various acts of misconduct".

Despite making legal headway with the digital migration procurement process, USAASA is still under strict instruction not to procure STBs.

Research ICT Africa calls for the Bill to be withdrawn in its current format, saying it erodes ICASA's power and expands the minister's power in a way that could be unconstitutional.

The electronics industry body wants heads to roll amid revelations the policy on non-encryption for SA's digital migration project was inappropriately adopted.

In the wake of fresh corruption allegations, pressure mounts for the public protector to investigate the procurement of government-subsidised digital TV decoders.

The software giant, USAASA and BrightWave introduce a pilot project to bring broadband access to communities in the province.