Hon Chairperson, the EFF rises to object to the budget. The department is wasting public and taxpayers' money on the never-ending bailouts of the SA Broadcasting Corporation and the abuse of the public broadcaster for narrow political ends by the ruling party. The SABC is ravaged by corrupt practices in supply chain management, procurement and the appointment of staff, an example of which is the appointment of Hlaudi Motsoeneng. The department is failing to hold the SABC accountable to act within the prescribed Batho Pele principles, in upholding transparency and to inspire public confidence.
The SABC fails to produce programmes with local content; instead, it prefers to bombard our youth with many Western programmes that promote a petit bourgeois culture. The SABC and the Department of Communications have become a jelly monster, just like those who are presiding over the department and the SABC as a whole. As a result, the EFF rises to object to this budget. Thank you.