SACP calls for decisive action at SABC following Public Protector's report
The SACP has noted the public release of the Office of Public Protector's investigation report yesterday, Monday 17 February on SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation). The investigations were conducted following a series of allegations of widespread maladministration and corruption including, among others, irregularities in appointments, fraud and abuse of power at the SABC.
We call upon both the board and the Portfolio Committee to move with speed to deal with these matters. In fact we welcome the pronouncement by the Chair of the Portfolio Committee on Communications, Cde Eric Kholoane, that the committee intends to move with speed in getting to the bottom of this matter.
Decisive action is needed to turn the SABC around in all areas of its work, including a concerted fight against corruption in the corporation.
The SACP is also firmly of the view that many of these shenanigans at the SABC are not unrelated to corrupt intentions by some in relation to the migration from analog to digital television. As the SACP we are watching all the developments in relation to this migration and we will not hesitate to act publicly on these matters and expose abuses and other tenderpreneirial activities.
The SABC has already been on the brink of collapse and if nothing is done to rescue the organisation things may literally fall apart at this important institution. This can only negatively affect the workers and the poor of our country who are serviced by the SABC. The Public Protector's findings, which are shocking to say the least, confirm our long held view that the SABC was an organisation immersed in a deep crisis and was being exploited to pursue various political and corrupt agendas, including tenderpreneurial activities.
The SACP also calls for legal action to be taken against all those implicated, including past members of the board.
Statement issued by the SACP, February 18 2014
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