Communications Committee To Make Sabc Bill A Priority This Year

Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies, Khusela Sangoni-Diko, says Parliament hopes to finalise the South African Broadcasting Corporation SABC Bill by June this year.

She made the comments during a media briefing of the chairpersons of the economic cluster in Parliament yesterday.

The SABC Bill has been delayed for years.

Communications Minister Solly Malatsi withdrew it in November last year.

This was amid concerns in some quarters that the Bill would allow for political interference at the public broadcaster and failed to adequately address a new funding model.