SABC close to collapse

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SABC close to collapse

Massive debts and a spate of top-level resignations have pushed South Africa's public broadcaster to near-collapse

 

[Rosaudio]

yay

 

[waynegohl]

but....but....i just paid my tv licence a few months ago.

 

[assagai]

me too.... not only that but i had a big job lined up with them

 

[ToxicBunny]

Oh boohoo.. shame... they should just disappear, I never watch SABC anyway since the programming is BEYOND pathetic.

 

[adrianx]

but....but....i just paid my tv licence a few months ago.

I think one of the board members used it to buy KFC for him and his girlfriend.... sorry, né!

 

[waynegohl]

i want my receipt then for tax purposes.

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

Just another once smooth running parastatal run into the ground by the ANC .... viva and all that

 

[Lycanthrope]

Byyyyye SABC!

 

[sleez]

with eleven official languages to support they never stood a chance.

 

[Necuno]

SABC close to collapse

Massive debts and a spate of top-level resignations have pushed South Africa's public broadcaster to near-collapse

South Africon Bull**** Channel

 

[bulldozer]

sabc

When they canned - golf, F1, rugby, eg - they alienated the english and afrikaans communty - so whats new - good riddance

 

[waynegohl]

even if people don't watch sabc and have moved to dstv they would still have to pay the tv licence so where is that money or have people just stopped paying fullstop?

 

[guest2013-1]

"Die! Die! Die my darling...."

Here's hoping SABC's channels will be used for something better and more profitable...

 

[metalcore]

Nevermind everything else how is this going to effect the roll out of Digital TV which seems to have fallen way behind schedule now.

 

[antowan]

Incompetent management brought this on, not the dept and top level resignations...

Those are symptoms...

 

[Necuno]

Incompetent management brought this on, not the dept and top level resignations...

Those are symptoms...

not to mention sabc being the political correctness for those who are in power since the NP.

 

[donivon]

Shame, fire the lot of them and start over with fresh ideas.

 

[adrianx]

not to mention sabc being the political correctness for those who are in power since the NP.

Just imagine a truly independent public broadcaster.... by the people, for the people (and all that).

It will never happen. TV is the perfect vehicle for social engineering (good and bad). No government, anywhere in the world, will allow most of the stuff we see to be really free and democratic. "Social responsibility", they call it.

Am I being paranoid? The voices in my head are saying no.

 

[gregmcc]

Good riddance! If they disappear completely does that mean we don't have to pay our license anymore! For those that do pay their license can we sue them for non delivery of services....not that they do deliver anything atm!