There would be no shortcuts in earning back the public’s confidence in the South African Broadcasting Corporation, interim board deputy chairperson Mathatha Tsedu said on Monday.<\/p>\n
Addressing Parliament\u2019s communications committee, Tsedu outlined the interim board\u2019s priorities in “refloating” the entity.<\/p>\n
One of their top priorities was reversing bad decisions, he said, which included the 90% local content rule, which was introduced by Hlaudi Motsoeneng.<\/p>\n
“A lot of stupid decisions were made without applying intelligence,” he said.<\/p>\n
He said the decision on changing content had cost television R183m, and radio R29m.<\/p>\n
This started with a loss of audience, and then the loss of advertising.<\/p>\n
Another priority included the hiring of qualified and efficient leadership, as well as regaining public trust in the broadcaster.<\/p>\n
“We have prioritised what we think we will be able to do in the short time we have. This includes finding a group CEO and COO, to ensure stability at the top,” he said.<\/p>\n
But they could not really focus on that, he said, as there was currently no money at the public broadcaster.<\/p>\n
Finding the money would take precedence, he said, and in tackling these issues they would start to win back public trust.<\/p>\n
He said the new board was not an executive one, but they were essentially meeting every day due to the severity of the problems they were dealing with.<\/p>\n
“We are at the SABC every day. We have essentially met 18 times this month,” he said.<\/p>\n
Implementing the ad hoc committee\u2019s report on the SABC, as well as the Public Protector\u2019s report, was also essential, the committee was told.<\/p>\n
The board also asked for assistance from the committee with putting pressure on government to ensure that national interest issues – such as elections and state funerals – were financed through the fiscus.<\/p>\n
These put a drain on the SABC finances, Tsedu said.<\/p>\n
“The financial crisis has seen the SABC unable to meet its contractual commitments. Monthly revenues is lower… and a number of service providers of vital television content have not been paid. This has potential to collapse the entire programme schedule on all SABC channels,” he said.<\/p>\n
The committee lauded the interim board for the work they had started doing at the SABC.<\/p>\n
The board will only be in charge for six months, before a permanent board is appointed.<\/p>\n
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