Opinion
The SABC nettle will have to be grasped, eventually
22 November 2020 - 00:00
It's back to square one for the SABC, whose grand plan to cut 400 jobs came unstuck in an astonishing show of political muscle-flexing this week. Few were prepared to back the SABC board's retrenchment plan, although the decision to put the process on hold for seven days is just a stopgap. Perhaps it is a reflection of the SABC's power that politicians are reluctant to be seen to be backing necessary cost-cutting measures...
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