Lobby groups in legal bid to force Zuma’s hand on SABC board appointment
Media Monitoring Africa and the SOS — Support Public Broadcasting Coalition argue Zuma has a duty to act fast in appointing a permanent board
Two lobby groups have launched a court bid to compel President Jacob Zuma to urgently appoint the permanent board for the SABC. In a joint application filed in the High Court in Pretoria, the organisations, Media Monitoring Africa and the SOS — Support Public Broadcasting Coalition (SOS), argue that Zuma has a duty not only to act, but to act without delay in appointing the permanent board. The SABC, which is facing its worst financial crisis has been without a board since the term of the interim board expired in September. The broadcaster is being led by three acting executives, whose appointments were extended by Communications Minister Ayanda Dlodlo last week. There have been suggestions Zuma wants to gain control of the SABC by delaying the announcement of a new board, so that he and Dlodlo can place their preferred candidates in executive positions. Other suggestions are that Zuma is unhappy with some of the proposed candidates, such as Khanyisile Kweyama, Mathatha Tsedu and Mi...
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