Insolvent SABC plans to go it alone
The broadcaster assumes in its latest strategy that it has to survive without fiscus funding
01 April 2024 - 18:16
The commercially insolvent SABC had developed a five-year strategy that assumed it would survive on its own without any funding from the fiscus, the broadcaster’s chair, Khathutshelo Ramukumba, has told parliament.
The strategy hinges on the SABC generating enough income on its own to fund its public service mandate — at a cost of about R2bn a year — to inform, educate and entertain citizens in all official languages...
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