Who must pay for the SABC and who must collect their money?
grants it freedom of expression, while requiring it to reflect a full range of views, and encourage South African cultural expression.Malatsi has now committed to addressing concerns and returning with a reworked bill within a year.The SABC still matters. Its difficulties have a lot to do with a long list of public obligations which are not funded. Instead, the broadcaster remains overwhelmingly dependent on advertising income.
Though justifiably proud of the achievement, the corporation pointed out the implications: there is hardly any money to invest in content, infrastructure or innovation. At the heart of the problem is the unfunded public mandate – the costs of fulfilling public obligations without being given money to do so. That includes, for instance, ensuring minority audiences that are not attractive to advertisers are properly served.
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