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Chaos reigns at SABC?

NEWSWATCH: What exactly is going again at the SABC? Once again, the board is back in the news - for all the wrong reasons...There are questions around chairperson Ben Ngubane and his alleged lobbying for the adoption of digital broadcasting technology from Japan, reports Mail & Guardian, which also carries a response from editor Nic Dawes on the issue of the controversial cartoon that raised the ire of many Muslims.
Chaos reigns at SABC?

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  • Mail & Guardian: SABC: New board, old chaos... The broadcasting industry was not happy last month after the department of communications announced it intends considering Japanese technology, instead of the European technology it originally decided to use - a decision taken back in 1006 - so has Ngubane had a role to play in the apparent about-turn?
  • Mail & Guardian: A not so simple twist of faith... Nic Dawes on the cartoon, the reaction - and the ruffling of a few feathers.

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