Compromised Icasa toothless against SABC

Icasa is dominated by vested interests of government and commercial players, and is therefore unable to intervene to make sure the SABC plays a role as an independent broadcaster, writes Jocelyn Newmarch in Business Day. Jocelyn Newmarch writes in Business Day:...

SABC board is victim of a political purge

An interim new board is not going to solve the corporation’s woes — it will only play into the hands of the ruling party, writes Dene Smuts in the Sunday Times. Dene Smuts of the Democratic Alliance writes in the Sunday Times: General...

Who should fix the public broadcaster?

The responsibility for fixing the SABC rests with a number of bodies, write Kate Skinner and Justine Limpitlaw in the Mail & Guardian. Icasa, the parliamentary portfolio committee on communications and the new minister of communications all have responsibilities....

Let's not rerun same old flops at the SABC

The current crisis at the SABC offers an opportunity to set things right, writes Anton Harber in Business Day.  But if the politicians use the chance to put their friends into power, instead of creating a process that will protect the corporation from...

Divide the top roles at SABC

The departure of Snuki Zikalala from the SABC does not solve the corporation's woes, writes Business Day in an editorial.  There is a need to deal with some of the fundamental structural issues that lie at the root of the SABC's poor public profile and...