WHO pays for all this stuff? Last Monday Icasa ordered the SABC to withdraw its decision to ban the showing of violent protests and the destruction of property during protests on its news bulletins.It gave the SABC five days to comply and institute the order “retrospectively”.Even before Icasa had published its full finding, Hlaudi Motsoeneng — the SABC‘s de facto leader, and the man who apparently our president “loves so much” — was declaring that the public broadcaster would approach the highest court in the land if necessary to challenge the decision.“We are challenging that ruling … we are equal to the task‚” Motsoeneng told reporters.There isn‘t a single legal opinion — except those paid for by the SABC when and if the SABC does actually consult them — that indicates that the Icasa ruling can be challenged.But what makes me stop to ponder is this: who pays for these frivolous legal challenges to every single ruling made by institutions of accountability such as the public prote...
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