The chair of portfolio committee on communications is digging in for a fight with minister Solly Malatsi.
, is digging in for a fight with communications minister Solly Malatsi over the latter’s decision to withdraw the contentious SABC Bill.
Malatsi – a Democratic Alliance MP in the government of national unity – ordered the withdrawal of the bill after it was widely panned by civil society groups, including the SOS Coalition, Media Monitoring Africa and the South African National Editors’ Forum. The bill is urgent given the SABC’s need for a new funding model, but Malatsi has insisted it needs to be withdrawn for major changes to be made before being resubmitted to parliament. It’s not exactly clear why the ANC is vehemently opposed to the bill’s withdrawal, especially given Malatsi’s promise that it will be reintroduced in parliament without a lengthy delay.
But Diko hit back on Sunday in a statement in which she said Malatsi’s “action is not only unwarranted in its spirited pursuit to unilaterally withdraw the bill but is also unconstitutional”.
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