SOS welcomes the appointment of the new Minister and Deputy Minister of Communications
SOS welcomes the appointment of Mr. Roy Padayachie as Minister of Communications and Mr. Obed Bapela as Deputy Minister. SOS believes that there are a number of serious challenges in the communications sector. We hope the new Minister and Deputy Minister will swiftly address these.
Some of the challenges include:
* The serious lack of capacity in the Department of Communications
* The serious corporate governance breaches and governance crises at the SABC
* Serious corporate governance crises at Sentech