DA urges Ramaphosa to immediately appoint SABC board
19 January 2023
Note to editors: Please find attached soundbite by Dianne Kohler Barnard MP.
This country’s only public broadcaster, the SABC, has been without a board since the 15th October 2022 when the previous board’s five-year tenure expired.
This has left the Broadcaster in the hands just three people namely the CEO, CFO and COO while there are crucial decisions that require Board approval as well as required oversight by the Board over the SABC.
The SABC is sinking under the weight of major financial problems, with the Auditor General finding that irregular expenditure sits at almost R5 billion. According to the Auditor General no officials have faced sanctions despite the Minister's claims that 16 supply chain management officials are being ‘disciplined’.