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Recent sporadic service delivery protests have put public servants under pressure to urgently improve their work. This is according to the Public Servants Association. The association's head Mannie de Klerk says such protests are an albatross around the neck of government and its servants. He says there are two reasons why public servants are under pressure: Click here to listen to audioclip. The PSA says the lack of better delivery is caused by serious weaknesses in the public sector, lack of professionalism and lack of highly specialised skills.

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Multichoice says there will be no launch of a pornographic channel on DSTV. MultiChoice South Africa's group chief executive officer, Nolo Letele says research has indicated that a significant portion of subscribers were against adult channels. This, however, was also while other people were indifferent to it and another significant number were positive. The decision comes after MultiChoice announced last month that it was conducting research on the idea of launching a porn channel. The announcement of the porn channel related survey sparked objections from some organisations and prompted Solidarity to launch a campaign whereby the public voted against the launch of such a channel on DSTV.

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