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Another SABC board member resigns, crisis deepens

6 Sep 2010 14:331 commentsBizLike
The SABC board is on the verge of collapsing since another member, Magatho Mello, has officially tendered his resignation, according to a reliable source. It is believed that Mello intends to table his reasons in Parliament as soon as possible.
Commenting on Mello's resignation, SOS Support Public Broadcasting spokesperson Kate Skinner said as the governance situation at the SABC becomes even more precarious, Parliament has no choice now but to act swiftly to investigate the corporate governance breaches.

"So far only the SABC board chairperson Dr Ben Ngubane has been given a platform to put forward his point of view. We have long been calling for the parliamentary hearing to be reconvened. All sides of the story need to be tabled and swift action needs to be taken," she said.

Another board member, prominent ANC figure Barbara Masekela, resigned last month.

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Issa Sikiti da Silva is a winner of the 2010 SADC Media Awards (print category). He freelances for various media outlets, local and foreign, and has travelled extensively across Africa. His work has been published both in French and English. He used to contribute to Bizcommunity.com as a senior news writer.View profile and articles...
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SABC - South African Broadcasting Congress-
Those in the know will tell you that the SABC has always been the playground for diffent and divergent views within the ruling party and amongst political parties - National Party, African National Congress...... As histroy will prove, don't wait for resolution of the SABC crisis before the ANC's Annual General Council.

The Portfolio Committee on Communications botched the one opportunity to get to the bottom of the SABC crisis by insisting that the SABC hearings be held 'in camera' - ostensibly to protect Mr Mokoetle's (SABC GCEO) civil rights. Yet, a presentation by the Chairperson of the SABC Board, Mr Ben Ngubane was heard by the PCC before the Cape High Court stopped the proceedings - thus unleashing a fury of one-sided reviews by political commentators and media in general.

Truth is, South Africa has never had a Public Broadcaster, and any notion of this concept being truly debated and agreed to by the ruling party is akin to wishing for the daughters and sons of Africa to touch a glowing star!!!

Close to 2 billion citizens have accepted Central China Television (CCTV) - what could be wrong with Mzansi with only 50 million citizens!!h

The ANC just needs to tell us that the SABC is a STATE BROADCASTER and we'll go along our normal lives as most Chinese and rest of Africa has!!!! Posted on 6 Sep 2010 18:04
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