It is troubling that the ANC lambasts Jimi Matthews for resigning as acting CEO of the SABC on the basis that he could no longer be party to management decisions that ignored the broadcaster's official mandate to inform the public in favour of propping up the ruling party's political elite.Matthews has thrown down the gauntlet to other senior SABC managers to fight for editorial freedom. Sadly, the ANC has accused him of having acted unprofessionally by publicly sharing his resignation letter.Instead of dealing with the mess inside the broadcaster that is fast becoming a megaphone for a faction within the ANC, party spokesman Zizi Kodwa said it was opportunistic of Matthews to air the SABC's dirty linen.What the ANC fails to grasp is that many people from many walks of life fought and died for a democracy, not a dictatorship, and no single party or individual can claim exclusive rights to our liberation.Hlaudi Motsoeneng is not so much a chief operating officer as he is a wrecking ball, smashing the SABC to pieces.The chaos in our streets and the anger in our people will not simply vanish in reality because they do not appear on the SABC news.After all, while PW Botha was the leader of this country, the SABC's selective news coverage did not quell black anger. Why should it quell that anger now?The ANC must rise above factional politics and save the SABC from stooges.If the ANC does not act in the public' s interest, then it would appear we simply substituted one evil master with another when we went to the polls in 1994.But Motsoeneng is not the real threat, the real threat is the power behind him.Motsoeneng is a puppet, not the puppet master.Men and women within the ANC who still possess integrity must act.If they do not, the dark clouds hanging over the SABC will spread and hang over their heads...