SABC annual report: DA requests SIU investigation
The DA will today request that President Jacob Zuma refer the findings of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) 2012/13 annual report to the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) for further investigation.
At a Press Briefing today, SABC Group CEO, Lulama Mokhobo, denied that close to a billion in TV licence fees has gone missing. This contradicts the Auditor-General's audit opinion in the SABC's annual report that he "...was unable to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence for the amounts disclosed as TV licence fees of R913 838 000".
It is unacceptable that the SABC is unable to account for TV licence fees of almost R1 billion. South Africa cannot be expected to continue pay licence fees to fund the SABC, if this funding will simply disappear into the ether.
The SIU, under proclamation of the President, may investigate any matter of serious maladministration, unlawful expenditure of public money as well as improper or unlawful conduct by employees of any state institution.
According to the Auditor-General, Terrence Nombembe, the SABC's 2012/13 annual report serious financial maladministration: