NEWSWATCH: Head of communications portfolio committee Ismail Vadi wants the interim SABC board to be given the chance to investigate cases of alleged corruption, reports IOL; in the meantime, independent producers and the broadcaster met this week to thrash out a payment plan, reports Business Day. Back in the Western Cape, journalists who don't cover the ANC have been handed over to God for punishment, reports Mail & Guardian Online, and a tribute to Miriam Makeba is in a shambles - but the person deemed responsible for the mess won't give any money back, reports Times Live.
Business Day: SABC, independent producers discuss new pay plan… The broadcaster and independent producers met this week to thrash out a payment plan. The SABC failed to meet its first payment agreements in September.
Mail & Guardian Online: God to sort out W Cape media, says ANC leader… Apparently retribution will come from on high and sort out Western Cape journalists who don't give the ANC enough coverage. You have been warned!
Times Live: Makeba show showdown… The Mama Africa memorial concert is apparently a shambles, but the organiser won't return any monies.
