South African Communications Minister Solly Malatsi is revising the South African Broadcasting Corporation's (SABC) funding model to ensure its sustainability while a new SABC Bill is being developed. This comes after Malatsi withdrew the previous Bill from Parliament, deeming it ineffective. He plans to assess current funding mechanisms like TV licence tax and advertising revenue, explore innovative revenue streams through digital transformation, and work with stakeholders to ensure financial independence and competitiveness for the SABC.
Communications minister Solly Malatsi has said he is revising the South African Broadcasting Commission’s funding model so that the entity can sustain itself while the SABC Bill is in development.
To determine what works effectively, he said this process would involve assessing the state broadcaster’s current funding mechanisms, such as TV licence tax and advertising revenue streams. However, MultiChoice has said that making a private company responsible for collecting a state-owned rival’s tax revenue is an unacceptable solution.
Deputy Communications Minister Mondli Gungubele and the portfolio committee chair on communications and digital technologies have made it clear that they think the Bill should have been passed and amended rather than withdrawn. Additionally, Malatsi said the Bill also caused concern regarding the excessive powers granted to the Minister, saying it is “something I believe would erode media freedom.”Malatsi’s decision caused ripples in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Government of National Unity.
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