Chairperson, the SABC - or, rather, the SANC in reality - has given us a look into a microcosm of South Africa. The events at his master's voice that preceded this meltdown were an indicator of things to come. The SABC board's continued dysfunction had to end in disaster, as is evidenced today.
Die raad het 'n politieke speelbal vir die ANC geword en die raadslede wie bloot hul werk wou doen, is beroof van 'n geleentheid om vir alle Suid- Afrikaners te werk. Dit is die kern van die ANC se probleem. Daar word net gedink aan kaderontplooiing en die misbruik van staatsinstellings vir eie gewin, eerder as in die belang van die publiek. 'n Mens kan net hoop dat die ANC 'n dure les hierdeur geleer het en nou net onbevange en kundige persone sal aanstel wie nie om politieke redes op die raad sal sit nie. 'n Mens kan net hoop dat die ANC met kaderontplooiing en die manipulasie van die openbare uitsaaier sal ophou. (Translation of Afrikaans paragraph follows.)
[The board has become a political football of the ANC, and those board members who have been merely doing their job have been robbed of an opportunity to work for all South Africans. This is the crux of the ANC's problem. They only think about cadre deployment and misusing state institutions to their own benefit, instead of using them to the benefit of the public. One can only hope that the ANC has learnt a valuable lesson and will now only appoint unbiased and knowledgeable persons who will not be serving on the board for political reasons. One can only hope that the ANC will put an end to cadre deployment and manipulation of the public broadcaster.]
In the end, if the ANC continues down this path, the growing faction fighting within the ANC will again spill over into the SABC board, leaving this country with a rudderless and politically tainted broadcaster. The good people that work there and the public deserve better. I thank you.