Tensions flared in Parliament as DA Communications Minister Solly Malatsi withdrew the SABC Bill, citing concerns over ministerial powers, without consulting the relevant committee.
Rivalry between GNU partners ANC and DA was resolved politely in parliament this week after DA Communications Minister Solly Malatsi was told he showed disrespect by withdrawing the SABC Bill without consulting the relevant committee first.
After hearing evidence that migration has so far cost the country at least R10 billion, ANC committee chairperson Khusela Diko accepted that Malatsi is “Minister Number Nine” in recent years saddled with completing the process.Of the losses, at least R1.23 billion was spent on dual illumination — keeping both analogue and digital signals switched on from 2014 to 2023.
SABC confirmed to the committee and the Minister for the first time that it issued a tender to outsource its new distribution on satellite and new media without consulting the department, the legal shareholder of the SABC.
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