ANTON HARBER: Selection of new SABC board needs to come under scrutiny
The institution will play a crucial role in covering an election the ANC might lose
06 October 2022 - 13:50
All eyes have been on the Judicial Service Commission’s (JSC) scrutiny of candidates for the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein, but parliament’s examination of SABC board candidates has gone largely unnoticed.
This is unfortunate, since both the media and the judiciary are key to ensuring we have a fair election in 2024. Given the prospect of the ANC losing its majority, this will be a testing time for independent institutions of accountability, of which these two are among the most important...
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