DA requests full details of SABC “financial support”
24 July 2019
The Democratic Alliance (DA) will be requesting that the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams urgently provide full details on the financial support that will be provided to the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).
This follows the announcement by the Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni in Parliament yesterday that Treasury will use its contingency reserve fund to “support” the SABC.
During his speech in Parliament yesterday, the Minister provided scant detail on the financial support, save to state that the funding will be provided in tranches and that a Chief Reorganization Officer (CRO) will be appointed.
It is critical that Minister Ndabeni-Abrahams as the Minister under whose portfolio the SABC lies, provide the public and Parliament with full information regarding this financial support.