by Thinus Ferreira
South Africa's National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has new leadership with Nick Grubb (Kagiso Media Radio CEO) elected as new chairperson, and Philly Moilwa (SABC's head of policy and regulatory affairs) elected as the deputy chairperson for the 2024/2025 term.
The NAB's executive committee is its decision-making body and represents various players across the regulated broadcast sector across South Africa.
The NAB chairperson and deputy chairperson serve for a term of two years whilst the leadership of its four standing committees are elected annually by its committee members.
Nadia Bulbulbia, NAB executive director, in a statement, says "Over the last 31 years the NAB has been fortunate to be led by passionate and committed professionals with vast industry knowledge and expertise. We thank the erstwhile chairperson, Thabo Makenete (formerly MultiChoice) for his leadership over the past two years and look forward to a positive future for the NAB and the industry with our newly constituted exco team."
Nick Grubb says "The NAB has always played a critical role in uniting the industry so it can navigate its regulatory landscape and develop structures that support self-regulation and skills development."
"Over the last few years, we have seen it play an even broader role in promotion of TV and radio to all of its stakeholders and build out industry social investment mechanisms. There is a lot of change coming from all fronts, so the NAB has never been more critical for our members and our industry."
Commercial radio committee
Chairperson – Tholoana Ncheke (Primedia Broadcasting)
Deputy chairperson – Judy Monyela (SABC)
TV Committee
Chairperson – Lara Kantor (MultiChoice)
Deputy chairperson - Greg Clur (Faith Terrestrial)
Technical Committee
Chairperson – Andy Louis (Telemedia)
Deputy chairperson – Bevan Bates (MultiChoice)
Community Radio Committee
Chairperson - Wilma van Schalkwyk (Radio Pulpit)
Deputy chairperson – Franklin Huizies (Jozi FM)
Co-opted exco Members
Philippa Rafferty (eMedia)
Alfie Jay (Algoa FM)
