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South African Communist Party, Statement, 6 October 2014 SABC's black on air Every week brings fresh signs of a state of administrative disarray and incompetence at the SABC. Over the weekend the SACP and the dozens of formations supporting our Red October Financial Sector Campaign were the victims. A "presenter voice-over" was used along with newsmaker images without audio to cover the launch of the Financial Sector Campaign on last night's news that were interrupted. This was repeated on the 24 hour SABC News Channel 404. The SACP calls for an investigation into what happened, and for the SABC to explain to the public and report to Parliament. What happened at the SABC over the weekend is known in international broadcasting as 'black-on-air'. 'Black-on-air' is indeed often seen a symptom of deep structural and systemic crisis in a broadcasting entity. This calls for serious action as it should be a cause for concern to all those committed to public broadcasting. Without public accountability, the SABC will be driven even further from its mandate as a public broadcaster, towards serving narrow sectional and private interests. Last month the Company and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) was forced to warn the SABC that it would declare its board delinquent if it failed to address non-compliance with the Companies Act, in terms of which the SABC has been registered. The disarray in the SABC is the direct outcome of unsuitable and unqualified personnel in key positions, as well as internal interference by these forces in editorial policy. The SACP calls for drastic intervention by the government and relevant authorities. Stern action needs to be taken for institutional, operational, administrative and governance failures where these occur. Contact: Alex Mohubetswane Mashilo - National Spokesperson, Head of Communications Mobile: 082 9200 308 Office: 011 339 3621/2 Twitter: @2SACP Website: www.sacp.org.za -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
