Dawie Roodt's proposals for replacing the TV licence
Efficient Group chief economist Dawie Roodt believes there are two options for eliminating the TV licence without compromising the SABC's continued existence: full privatisation or funding from existing taxes.
The Department of...
SABC Bill withdrawal delays
The speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza, has not yet gazetted Communications Minister Solly Malatsi's withdrawal of the SABC Bill from Parliament after nearly three months, EWN reports.
The Bill, introduced to Parliament in October 2023, is intended to...
SABC Bill scrapping "death knell" for public broadcaster — Parliament committee chair
The chairperson of Parliament's portfolio committee on communications, Khusela Diko, has slammed the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies' reported decision to withdraw the SABC Bill.
In a...
Malatsi kills the SABC Bill
Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Solly Malatsi has scrapped the controversial SABC bill, which would have set a three-year deadline for developing a new funding model for the public broadcaster.
Sunday Times reports that Malatsi wrote to...