Parliament on Tuesday narrowed-down and chose a shortlist of 36 names of people to be interviewed out of the applications received, to serve on the new SABC board.
The 36 candidates will be interviewed on 29 and 30 August and 1 September by the members of parliament of parliament's portfolio committee on communications.
The beleaguered SABC's board keeps lurching from crisis to crisis with hardly any SABC board in years that has served its full term of 5 years.
This happens as successive SABC board and board melts down due to infighting, macro political infighting over the SABC and the public broadcaster's byzantine and almost unconquerable financial, management and corruption challenges.
The SABC currently has an interim board whose tenure expires at the end of September.
All 5 members of the SABC interim board were nominated, and they all made the shortlist to possibly serve on the public broadcaster's next new permanent SABC board.
- Mr Mathatha Godfrey Tsedu
- Mr Krish Naidoo
- Ms Khanyisile Kweyama
- Mr John Matisonn
- Mrs Febe Potgieter-Gqubule
- Ms Nomvuyiso Batyi
- Ms Rachel Kalidass
- Mr Thabiso Ratsomo
- Mr Rufus Dzuguda Kharidzha
- Mr Michael Markovitz
- Mr William Currie
- Mr Sandile Kama
- Dr Deenadaylen Konar
- Ms Harriet Meier
- Ms Dawn Earp
- Mr Michael Bauer
- Judge Chris Greenland
- Mr Desmond Golding
- Mr Manaka Mathumo
- Mr Victor Rambau
- Mr Tshifhiwa Khorommbi
- Mr Mcebo Khumalo
- Ms Seipati Khumalo
- Dr Thidziambi Nethengwe
- Ms Cikizwa Dingi
- Ms Louise Vale
- Mr Yaasir Haffejee
- Mr Kwanele Gumbi
- Mr Jack Devnarian
- Mr Bongumusa Makhathini
- Mr Nkosana Mbokane
- Mr Michael Sass
- Mr Jim Matsho
- Mr Jack Phahlane
- Mr Dinkwanyane Mohuba
- Ms Leanne Govindsamy
Opposition political parties couldn't help themselves and laughed out loud in parliament when the ANC political party's Mziwamadoda Kalako read out Snuki Zikalala's name for wannabe inclusion on the list.
The CV's of all 36 shortlisted candidates will be published on parliament's website for the public and civil society to submit comments.
In a statement the Democratic Alliance (DA) political party's MP Phumzile van Damme says the "DA has pushed to ensure that the process of appointing the new permanent board of the SABC is open and transparent for the people of South Africa to have their say."
"The SABC is a public broadcaster which serves the people of our country and they must be included in this process."
"The DA will continue to push for the process to be conducted with public participation to ensure that the SABC is once again restored to its former status as a world-class news and entertainment service provider".
