EDITORIAL: Minus a board, the SABC has neither independence nor credibility
04 November 2022 - 05:05
The SABC has not had a board for nearly a month now. The role of the board at the public broadcaster cannot be overemphasised in a country where millions of people rely on it for news and information.
Even the ANC once acknowledged that a functioning democracy needs a vibrant and independent media, pledging in 1992 to open up the airwaves for new commercial broadcasters and to turn the SABC from a propaganda tool for the apartheid government into a media organisation with unwavering loyalty to the public. ..
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