I had hoped that after the struggle against the Hlaudification of the SABC and recommendations made by parliament on its operations, SA would get a better public broadcaster. Instead, we now have a neo-apartheid SABC that is not accountable to the public. During apartheid European settlers were declared “white”, Indians and “coloureds” were second-class citizens and Africans third class citizens. But later Indians and “coloureds” were generally referred to as black South Africans. So I was disgusted when an SABC journalist referred to finance minister Nhlanhla Nene as “the first black finance minister”. Is Trevor Manuel not a black person? He was elected as a leader of the Cape Housing Action Committee, the United Democratic Front and Mass Democratic Movement on the ticket of black masses — himself included. SABC journalists are also spreading propaganda that the #Shutdown campaign is the sole responsibility of “coloureds” — ignoring the reality that the campaign is against crime, g...
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