Three blind mice and a perfect media storm: How three people involved in the SABC mess should (have) know better. And clearly don't.

It's called EQ. For emotional intelligence. Or simply being able to think through the consequences of your (planned) actions and then being able to anticipate whether you want to do something (or not) -  based of course on the dynamic environment in which you find yourself. Like let say, media and broadcasting.

When it comes to people who this week displayed an arresting, unbelievable and utterly shocking lack of insight into their own behaviour, decisions and possible reaction of others to their actions as far as the South African broadcasting community is concerned, its definitely Ismail Vadi, chairperson of parliament's portfolio committee on communications, dr Ben Ngubane, chairperson of the SABC and Solly Mokoetle, group CEO of the SABC.

Are Ismail Vadi, dr Ben Ngubane and Solly Mokoetle in a socially cognitive sense, three very blind mice finding themselves in the perfect storm? The tempest they're in might have already existed and their actions are fuelling a fire they might not really be able to put out, but they definitely could have doused some of the flames. Instead, their actions speak of borderline ridiculous behaviour. You would think they would be able to anticipate what will happen .  . . and then do better.

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BREAKING. SOS wants ''maximum transparency'' in process to appoint new SABC board members

You're reading it here first. The Save our SABC Coalition (SOS) has just sent a letter to mr Ismail Vadi, chairperson of the portfolio committee on communications asking for ''MAXIMUM TRANSPARENCY'' in the interview and appointment process of the new SABC board members that will start on Tuesday.

Programming note: The Parliamentary Service channel (DStv 408) will broadcast all the proceedings LIVE on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from about 10:00 until 17:00 daily.

The SOS notes that there's PROBLEMS with the list of 31 candidates.

The SOS wants to know:
1.Why are there so few women on the first shortlist of 31 candidates despite the nomination of a numbe rof excellent women?
2.Why is there an over emphasis on business and government candidates?
3.What about the potential conflict of interest that some of the candidates have who are nominated?

The SOS want government to release their reasons for selecting these 31 people.
GOOD THING!
The SOS wants government to give reasons for the final selection of board members.
GOOD THING!
The SOS wants the PUBLIC and everyone who watches the SABC to be given the opportunity to comment on the final 12 candidates before it's presented to the national assembly at the end of the interview process.
GOOD THING!

The SOS wants all the candidates to be grilled about:
How they will ensure that they deliver on the SABC's mandate as public broadcaster?
How they will keep SABC news and programming UNTAINTED from interference by government and political parties?
What they know of the process of digital terrestrial migration (DTT) and how that is going to impact the SABC.
How they see the problematic funding structure of the SABC and their solutions.
How they see the SABC's accountability to US as the viewing public.
What individual candidates think of their conflicts of interest and how they are going to deal with these.