Tuesday, October 6, 2009

BREAKING. Sello Maake ka Ncube joins hunger striking action against SABC.


You're reading it here first. I'm breaking the news here first, but in a few hours the Hunger Coalition (with their blog here) will make the dramatic announcement that the renowned actor SELLO MAAKE KA NCUBE has joined the hunger strike fight against the SABC.

There is a press conference at 12:00 and later in the day I will bring you a wrap-up and update on what happened.

The protest started almost two months ago now, when director/producer Michael Lee, stopped eating as a way to demand transparency and partnership from the SABC and especially to highlight the threatened slashing of local content. He reached a month before he started eating again.

Michael handed over to six other protestors. Five stopped short of their original vows of 21 days, including the student producer and director of a documentary about the protest but some are going, new ones like Sello are joining and giving continuous momentum to their cause and keeping the spotlight on the SABC's local commissioning and budget cut woes.