Solly Malatsi has killed the incoming SABC Bill set to replace the flawed TV license funding model, but the decision hasn't gone down well.
All government departments have been instructed to urgently pay their outstanding TV licence bills and settle their debt to ...
The Presidency wants National Treasury to step in as the SABC struggles to get state departments to pay their TV Licences.
Following the withdrawal of the SABC Bill, the national broadcaster is running out of time to come up with a plan to fix its ...
Pull out the deckchairs. Another fight is brewing in the Government of National Unity, this time about the South African Broadcasting Corporation.
Try as it might, the SABC can’t seem to get South Africans to pay their TV licence fees and that includes government entities. According to Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies ...
The draft legislation proposed a new funding model for the SABC, to be developed within three years of enactment.
Commnications Minister Solly Malatsi withdrew the bill arguing it did not adequately address the SABC’s funding model.
The public broadcaster wants a household tax to replace its TV licences and it wants DStv to help collect the fees.
“This approach does not meet the urgency required to stabilise the broadcaster and risks perpetuating an outdated licensing structure that will not provide the SABC with the necessary ... including ...
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National and provincial governments and municipalities in South Africa owe the SABC nearly R35 million in unpaid TV licence ...