SABC paid millions to communications firm

THE cash-strapped SABC – which is probing several contracts after years of free rein by its executives and service providers – has been paying a communications company a retainer fee of half a million rand a month, writes Siyabonga Mkhwanazi in the Sunday...

SABC's R1bn football deal

WITH the SABC drowning in debt, the corporation's interim board is desperately trying to renegotiate a billion-rand deal signed for the TV rights to all games of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in the next eight years, writes Glynis Underhill in the...

TV licence plan 'caught SABC by surprise'

THE new Public Service Broadcasting Bill — which could drastically change the way the SABC operates — came as a complete surprise, a senior member of the corporation said, writes Chantelle Benjamin in Business Day. He said the...

SABC to discuss licences

SABC management is to consult with the Department of Communications on its new draft bill seeking to abolish TV licences, according to a report on BuaNews. The SABC said it noted the contents of the draft Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) Bill as published in the...