EDITORIAL: SABC will struggle to corral funds from tuned-out public
16 March 2021 - 05:00
Few dispute the idea that a functioning democracy needs a vibrant and independent media.
In 1992, the ANC acknowledged this gospel, pledging to open up the airwaves for a host of new commercial broadcasters and transforming the SABC from a propaganda tool for the apartheid government into an organisation with an unwavering loyalty to the public. ..
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