MultiChoice will not pull the plug on RT, the state-funded Russian news channel, even as the EU and major tech companies move to sanction it.
on Tuesday that it will not pull the plug on RT , the state-owned and state-funded Russian television news channel, despite moves by governments and technology companies in Europe, the US and elsewhere to cut off the broadcaster.
The Gupta family has been linked to grand corruption in South Africa, especially the looting of the state during the administration of former President Jacob Zuma. The Guptas used ANN7 and The New Age newspaper to curry favour with government ministers and secure lucrative contracts from state-owned enterprises.MultiChoice declined to renew the ANN7 contract. The channel had been taken over by former government communications head Mzwanele Manyi , and the channel went bust.
President Cyril Ramaphosa was reportedly angry over a decision by his international relations & cooperation minister, Naledi Pandor, to release a statement calling for Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine. Ramaphosa has since insisted on mediation to resolve the issue, with the ANC, which has historical ties with Russia in the fight against apartheid, refusing to condemn the invasion of Ukraine or to speak out against the aggression of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The EU on Monday moved to ban both RT and Sputnik, another Russian government-owned news channel, from the European airwaves, with the ban also reportedly extending to the broadcasters’ online channels, including their smartphone apps.
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