New Age2.png ANCYL, artists in groundswell support for Motsoeneng Siyabonga Sithole, The New Age, Johannesburg, 5 July 2016 The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) and the South African creative industry have come out strongly in defence of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and its chief operating office (COO), Hlaudi Motsoeneng. Yesterday, the ANCYL released a statement saying it noted the recent attacks directed at the SABC as an institution and its leadership. "These attacks have seen some in our country suggesting that there is something wrong at the SABC or its leadership thus a need for a probe. In the view of the ANCYL, these attacks are nothing but acts of cowardice," the youth league said in a statement. Also, the South African cultural activists and artists including Don Laka, Tony Kgoroge, Sizwe Zako, Selaelo Selota, Kunle Ayo, Tshepo Nzimande, Blondie Makhene, Mandoza, Candy Tsamandebele and Ihashi Elimhlophe, have pledged their support for Motsoeneng at a press conference at the Garden Court in Milpark yesterday. The industry's support comes on the back of the recently introduced 90:10 and 80:20 local quota system on radio and television. Jazz pianist and music activist Laka said the industry needed to "selfishly safeguard" the recent gains made by the local creative industry. "We will take the fight to the street if needs be, because this attack on Hlaudi is an attack on the South African creative industry," Laka said. President of the Cultural and Creative Industries Federation of South Africa (CIFSA) Kgoroge questioned the way the media reported on the issue. "Are we using violence as a form of entertainment to entertain our country? Or are we reporting fairly on what is happening?" President of the South African Arts and Culture Youth Forum Romeo Ramuada said the youth would not be intimidated by those who benefited from the regime that failed to give local artists fair and equitable livelihoods." [email protected] From: http://tnaepaper.co.za/DRIVE/main%20edition/05072016/epaperpdf/1.pdf __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 13753 (20160705) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- 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]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/000c01d1d678%24ca68f230%245f3ad690%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
