Row erupts in parliament over SABC bill’s withdrawal

Communications & digital technologies minister Solly Malatsi is at loggerheads with the chair of the parliamentary committee with oversight of his department on his withdrawal of the SABC bill so a funding model for the broadcaster can be developed.

Malatsi of the DA told National Assembly speaker Thoko Didiza of his decision. But parliament’s communications and digital technologies committee chair Khusela Diko said she regarded the minister’s decision as “highly ill-advised and it is no exaggeration to say it would sound the death knell for the SABC”...

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