Speech delivered by the Deputy Minister of Communications, Pinky Kekana, in Parliament at the presentation of the SABC’s turnaround strategy
25 September 2018
Honourable Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Communications and
Honourable Members of the Portfolio Committee
Board Chairperson and Board Members of the South African Broadcasting Corporation
As well the Executive Leadership of the South African Broadcasting Corporation
Thank you for this opportunity. I happen to think that this is a very important moment in our history. Today Honourable Members we have the opportunity to assess and reconstruct the path of the SABC. Since its formation on the 5th January 1976, the SABC was administered by the broederbond.
With the winds of democracy, numerous parliaments have carried the mantle of being vanguards of change. I can think of no better symbol of change than the transition of the SABC from a State Broadcaster to a Public Broadcaster.
Honourable Members, it is not my intention to detain you with the history of the SABC nor it is my intention to whitewash some of the mistakes we have made during the transition from State Broadcaster to Public Broadcaster. One hopes that one can deduce, that the SABC is an integral part of South Africa’s nationhood, history and dare I say future.