A former SABC board member told Sunday Times that the meetings had “compromised” officials at state-owned entities and labelled the sessions as “bullying”.
Tension is brewing in the SABC regarding so-called “study group” meetings with ANC MPs preceding its board and management’s appearances before Parliament , Sunday TimesThe publication said there had been a “long-standing tradition” that the ANC demanded government and other officials meet with its MPs ahead of portfolio committee presentations to “massage” their feedback.
President Cyril Ramaphosa condemned the ad in the strongest terms, labelling the burning of the national flag as “treasonous”. Most of the board members agreed that the SABC should not cut itself off from the ANC completely if this was a common practice by other state-owned entities. “There is no law or regulation that prohibits the SABC from engaging with political parties, which are, in any case, legal entities under the laws and constitution of the Republic of South Africa.”
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