The SOS Coalition says it is "deeply concerned about the extent to which persons who continue to fail the broadcaster and South Africans continue to be appointed to lead it."
"When will we see an SABC board that is stable or that isn't sullied by scandal? When will we see an SABC that works?" asks the SOS Coalition.
"We demand an SABC that is able to meet and exceed the minimum requirements of licensing conditions in the public service. We demand an SABC that is not mired in controversies about censorship and ineffectual leadership. We demand an SABC that works," says the SOS Coalition.
"How is the SABC supposed to ever be the credible news and information source it has been created to be while it is mired in unabated reports of being used as a political battleground?"
"In the face of the imminent migration to digital terrestrial television which requires the public to purchase new hardware (set-top boxes and aerials) in order to watch their televisions, as well as the proposed increase in television license fees, can the SABC, with these results, truly say that it is giving South Africans value-for-money? And does it stand any chance of competing with any success in the oncoming multichannel environment when it is already performing so poorly with the three TV channels it has now?"
"Why is is that the SABC is still and consistently continuing to fail to meet the bare minimum standards under its license conditions and local content quotas?"
