I was very skeptical about the organized protest mach by TV Industry Emergence Coalition to hand over memorandum to SABC, I took as the waste as SABC doesn’t have resources to pay what they are currently owing the industry I also thought there industry has lots of internal issues that needs to be addressed.
The gathering became a platform where a number of those issues were raised with representatives of various organization such the IPO (Independent producer organization), SASFED (South African Screen federation), TPA (The producers alliance), AC (The actors coalition), DFA (Documentary filmmakers association, CWUSA (Creative workers union) and others showing up in numbers. Oupa Lebogo representing communication’s union calling upon delegates to take charge of their own industry, to hold robust discussions and not speak in fragmentation.
There was also a call by Swaziland solidarity network calling upon the artist to stop promoting King Mswati’s sexual appetites but raise issues of suffering that are affecting the Swazi people.
Castro Ngobese of Yong Communists told the delegates to engage Communication’s Minister for all their concerns and that the required bailout of R2 Billion must be with held till the current SABC board has been removed. He branded the board as Thabo Mbeki’s board which looted SABC’s money with boyfriends and girlfriends trip to Beijing and stole the money for COPE.
Although its yet to be seen how SABC will pay up, as Gab Mampone, SABC’s acting CEO hasn’t really give clear details, the situation has shown lots of unity which can be a building block for the future.
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