Citizen3.png Nzimande blasts SABC and Multichoice's 'dirty' deal Ngwako Modjadji, The Citizen, Johannesburg, 7 July 2015 The SA Communist Party (SACP) general secretary Blade Nzimande has described the deal between the SABC and MultiChoice as "dirty", and vowed that the party will take the matter to court. Nzimande said the SABC was a "sham" that is being captured by cooperate vultures like Multichoice. In terms of the deal, MultiChoice will have rights to a number of popular shows like Generations. Nzimande said he now understands why his wife, Phumelele Ntombela-Nzimande, was axed from the public broadcaster. "My wife would not have approved this deal," Nzimande told journalists during an on-the-record briefing in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, on Monday night. "It is dirty and scandalous. "We will not rest until the deal is undone." Nzimande, who is also the Higher Education Minister, accused the country's media giant Naspers of having undue "influence"and "pressure" in some sections of government. He suggested that the media should be subjected to independent checks and balances. Turning on the ANC-led tripartite alliance, Nzimande admitted that the alliance was facing challenges. "The challenge is that we don't implement programmes we had agreed upon," Nzimande said. "We only implement the election programme." He lambasted the National Union of Metalworkers of SA, accusing it of using workers' investment money to fund the union's United Front. "There is fraudulent use of money by the union in a manner that is not principled," Nzimande said. Nzimande claimed that the party's membership has grown since its leaders joined President Jacob Zuma's administration. SACP second deputy general secretary Solly Mapaila said the party was taking full responsibility for giving the country leaders like EFF leader Julius Malema and his deputy Floyd Shivambu. The SACP special national congress will start today at University of Johannesburg Soweto campus. Mapaila said not all valid branches will attend the congress. "We have put a limit of about 700 delegates," Mapaila said. "We hope this matter will not create unnecessary divisions." The SACP also poured cold water on claims that it intends to contest next year's local government elections alone. From: <http://citizen.co.za/418810/nzimande-blasts-sabc-and-multichoices-dirty-dea l/> http://citizen.co.za/418810/nzimande-blasts-sabc-and-multichoices-dirty-deal / -- -- 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.
