Parliament's Communications Portfolio Committee initially received 138 nominations. Only 12 of the 28 people shortlisted will eventually make it on to the board.
The short list is as follows: Dr Saths Cooper, Ms Christine Qunta, Ms Pinky Moholi, Mr Andrew Maralack, Ms Allison Gilwald, Ms Nomboniso Gasa, Mr Gert Claasen, Mr Edmund Mazwai, Mr Frederick Kok, Ms Noluthando Gosa, Dr William Rowland, Mr Nkenke Kekana, Mr Ashwin Trikamjee, Prof Guy Berger, Mr Theuns Eloff, Ms Fadila Lagadien, Prof Ruth Teer-Tomaselli, Mr Derrick Swartz, Mr Cecil Msomi, Mr Carl Niehaus, Ms Khanyi Mkonza, Mr Andile Mbeki, Mr Eddie Funde, Mr Flip Buys, Mr Raymond Louw, Ms Jeanet Minnie, Prof AH van Wyk, and Ms Margot Luyt.
