Communications minister Solly Malatsi’s decision to withdraw the SABC Bill is causing major political ructions.
Solly Malatsi’s decision to withdraw the SABC Bill is causing major ructions in the government of national unity .
Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Ntshavheni said: “It’s not a private member’s bill, it’s not Mr Malatsi’s bill. It’s a bill of cabinet and the executive, so in terms of the law he cannot withdraw it without coming to cabinet to agree for its withdrawal. “That bill was submitted to parliament after it was submitted to cabinet. The cabinet secretariat and the leader of government business will deal with that matter in the next cabinet meeting, because there’s no minister – even myself, I can’t withdraw any bill which has been approved by cabinet,” she said.
Malatsi’s decision to withdraw the SABC Bill has, however, been widely welcomed by the broadcasting industry and civil society role players.The SOS Coalition, Media Monitoring Africa and the South African National Editors’ Forum had all called for the bill to be scrapped. That was based on their belief that it offered “no clarity, new mechanism or purpose”.
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