President Cyril Ramaphosa needs to urgently appoint new SABC board: DA
DA Member of Parliament’s Communications Committee, Dianne Kohler Barnard, says President Cyril Ramaphosa will need to decide on how quickly a new SABC Board can be appointed.
The DA has raised concerns that the public broadcaster has been without a board for three months
The National Assembly approved the names of 12 recommended candidates in December. However, the Presidency claimed that the names of the board candidates could not yet be gazetted due to government printers having been closed.
“He can either speed it up or slow it down, who controls the President? Certainly, it’s at his fingertips and what he chooses to do is what he chose to do.
From Parliament’s side, I suppose we can write to him again when will this be ready. But I’m sure we will be told that the processes are underway and that the delays were unavoidable, but in fact from the Committee’s side, they knew that they should have started this process in about March last year to ensure the delay does not happen,” Barnard said
Source: SABC
In other news – Cassper Nyovest’s grandmother dies
Cassper Nyovest mourns the passing of his grandmother. The rapper who lost a grandparent late last year 2023 returned to announce that his paternal grandmother has also kicked the bucket.
Taking to Twitter, he revealed that he’s gained an angel; he further appreciated his late gogo for all she did for him. Learn more
