Hands off SABC, hands off, and please let us allow quitters to quit
4 July 2016
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) has noted the recent attacks directed at SABC as an institution. These attacks are not only directed at SABC but these attacks sort to implicate the leadership of this institution. These attacks have seen some in our country suggesting that there is something wrong at SABC or its leadership thus a need for a probe. In the view of the ANCYL these attacks are nothing but acts of cowardice. We want to remind these cowards through the words of William Shakespeare in the book tittle Julius Caesar that "Cowards die many times before their deaths, The valiant never taste of death but once"
We want to again congratulate the leadership of SABC particularly its senior management for good, progressive decision that you have taken in promoting local content. These recent improvement of SABC have not only made people of the industry to be jubilant but have given hope that South Africans can be proud of what they produce to narrate the stories and the achievement of our country. We want to affirm this decision as part of a step towards creating national identity and sense of belonging to people of the industry and South Africans as whole.
We as the ANCYL want to pass a message to the likes of those who have resigned from the SABC management to stop using SABC as means of seeking further employment. We want to call the quitters to stop complaining about decisions they were part of but could not win the debate inside structures of SABC but now decide to use other platforms to vent their inability to provide leadership. Those that have resign must go relax at home. Keeping inline with what they do best quitting they must quit speaking about the SABC they have been tried and have failed unfortunately they are not tried and tested.
We equally call on the SABC to facilitate a quick process in dealing with the issue of the workers that are affected by issues of discipline. We want to request that SABC should not feel pressure in dealing with whoever is involved even if the person is an associate of the brother of person who use to be Head of State. We however want to pass our genuine concern to South Africans. Decolonization must happen, we cannot tolerate people who believe that we must be directed from the West. We cannot stand people who represent the interest of any country outside South Africa worse those that colonized us and those that were never with us in difficult times.
HANDS OFF SABC HANDS OFF.
If the allegation by quitter is true what is wrong if we DO NOT SEE RED ANTS and what is wrong with not showing damaging of government property.
Issued by Mlondi Mkhize, National Spokesperson, ANCYL, 4 July 2016
