Parliament agrees to dissolve SABC board
Parliament adopted a resolution on Wednesday recommending that the president dissolve the SABC board.
Parliament adopted a resolution on Wednesday recommending that the president dissolve the SABC board.
A deficit budget of more than R300-million was presented to the board in mid 2008. The board rejected it.
Pay dispute threatens coverage of the Confederations Cup, writes Glynnis Underhill.
A forensic report leaked to the M&G shows the SABC board is split into two camps, fighting over political control and editorial independence.
The ANC is scrambling to replace SABC board members with an interim board that will be more sympathetic to the party in the run-up to the election.
The problem with the South African Broadcasting Corporation is not that biases its broadcasts, but that it holds back too much.
The SABC welcomed an appeal by a Johannesburg High Court judge on Tuesday for its chief executive Dali Mpofu and the board to resolve their dispute.