17 November 2022, Daily Maverick,Tamsin Metelerkamp
“The SABC has a very special role during elections; it has a special role in terms of the sources of information … The way I see it, the independence of the SABC and the stability of the SABC is intricately linked to our constitutional democracy.
“It’s important that you have a strong public broadcaster because you can see around the world that … where there are funded, strong public broadcasters, they have a strong democracy.”
The lack of a board at the SABC represents a huge risk for the public entity, both financially and from a governance perspective, according to William Bird, director of Media Monitoring Africa.