Johannesburg – The Democratic Alliance has asked SABC board chairperson Bongumusa Makhathini to request that the public broadcaster flights the Zondo Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture on its terrestrial platforms, including television and radio, the DA said on Sunday.
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DA wants #StateCaptureInquiry on more SABC platforms
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Your tax money will once again be used to pay the large salary packages of SABC managers – a propaganda institution of government
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The bottomless pit of state entities is becomes deeper and deeper, and the state has to pay more money to the SABC for its survival. Even more amazing is that parliamentarians have approved the request! There are concerns about the big salary packages and the large number of managers. Again, there is no amount linked..
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SABC nearing bankruptcy yet executives pocket R45 million in paychecks
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In times of dire financial distress, the spotlight falls on the SABC’s exorbitant executive salaries. The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is struggling to stay afloat, yet executives are still being paid millions. Usually, when a company is struggling to make ends meet, salaries are often the first expenses closely examined and adjusted accordingly. But..
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DA goes head-to-head with SABC over Cyril Ramaphosa broadcast
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The SABC’s broadcast of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s late night announcement on land expropriation without compensation infringed on a section of the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa’s (BCCSA) code of conduct, according to the Democratic Alliance.
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John Steenhuisen: “ANC-regime turned the state capture into state collapse”
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John Steenhuisen is perhaps one of the ANC’s biggest detractors. A firebrand in Parliament and an outspoken favourite in the DA, he’s no stranger to giving Mzansi’s ruling party the business. However, during a Cape Town press conference on Thursday, there was no wordplay – nor were there any trademark barbs. Indeed, the cigar handed..
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R59 million of taxpayers money will be spent to bail out bankrupt state entities
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Despite repeated assurances that bankrupt state entities will not be helped out again, Cyril Ramaphosa and the Cabinet announced that R59 million of taxpayers money will be spent to prevent entities such as SAA, SABC, Post Office and SANRAL, that are unable to pay their bills, from collapsing. SANRAL can no longer borrow money, the..
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Brace yourself, tougher times are still ahead
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As temperatures plummeted across the county this week, fuel prices hit record highs of R16.02 for a litre of 95-octane petrol in Gauteng.
Taxi fares and the cost of basic foodstuffs are also expected to rise as a result. But beyond appealing to manufacturers and service providers to hold off on increases, there is no immediate plan for the government to help hard-hit consumers.
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All is well at SABC: Spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago
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The SABC and unions have entered conciliation talks at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) as strike action at the SABC continues a day ahead of the ANC elective conference. SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago has confirmed that staff members are still picketing outside the SABC but that, despite this, programmes have not been..
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SABC has another problem: people have stopped paying TV licences – wonder why??
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The SABC’s latest annual report shows a drastic decline in revenue from TV licences. According to the 2017 report, revenue of R847.4 million was collected through television licence fees. This figure is R449.4 million – 34.7% – below budget, representing a decrease of R178.5 million – 17.4% – compared to the previous year. “The revenue..
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SABC posts R977m loss – Looks like consumers is boikoting the Public Broadcaster as well
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The South African Broadcasting Corporation posted a R977m loss after tax for the 2016/17 financial year, its annual report tabled in Parliament on Tuesday revealed. The public broadcaster’s net loss for the year ending March 2017 more than doubled from R412m in 2016, following a year of upheaval that included the dissolution of the permanent..
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Here is the form to cancel your SABC TV licence with instructions.
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The SABC tells you to pay your TV licence because “it’s the right thing to do” – but thanks to the onerous cancellation process, it’s basically the only option you have. Thousands of South Africans continue to pay the annual fee of R265, simply because trying to cancel it is a nightmare process. The SABC website..
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LESS African Languages Published Now Than During Apartheid. Institutional Genocide By English and ANC in SA
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Why is there less African language media today than during apartheid? With the issue of english being used as a tool to disrupt other languages in the news at the moment, especially at institutes of higher learning, Peta Krost Maunder asks why English still dominates media after more than 20 years of a democracy with..
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Who is Naspers / Media24, or rather, WHY is it? How “Black” is it? How far does the rabbit hole go?
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Naspers is a good example of the increasingly blurred lines between the media & entertainment industry and the telecommunication industry which dominant media corporations deliberately exploit. It has national and international interests in digital media (pay-television, instant messaging platforms, and related technologies), print media (publishing, distribution and printing of newspapers, magazines and books), and private..
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ANC regime officially classed as an Apartheid State due to Black Apartheid Laws. We hereby charge the ANC with the crime of Apartheid!
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The ANC will become the first and only organisation to be charged with the crime of Apartheid. According to the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 30 November 1973, Article II the ANC regime is classed as an Apartheid..
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11 Tactics Used by the Mainstream Media to Manufacture Consent for the Multinational Oligarchy
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The mainstream media is aging and collapsing under the weight of its own hubris and arrogance. Now entirely formulaic in presentation and predictable in substance, the ‘major’ outlets of news, which are monopolized under only a small handful of corporations, serve the purpose of misleading the public on important issues and manufacturing consent for government..
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