Chair Bongumusa Makhathini on SABC board’s approach to State Security Agency

A storm has erupted around a front page Sunday Times report that SABC's directors resolved to approach the State Security Agency to help address "leaking" of board minutes. Harvard-educated SABC chairman Bongumusa Makhathini reacted aggressively, accusing the newspaper of pursuing a commercial agenda and using fake news to attack the national broadcaster's credibility. On Rational Radio, we approached the issue from a different perspective – probing why the organ charged with protecting national security should busy itself with leaked board packs; and given the SSA's history with the national broadcaster, asking whether the Sunday Times was, rather, acting in the national interest. There's some good news in all the noise – there's clearly a new sheriff in the SABC town who won't countenance the behaviour of his predecessors. – Alec Hogg

It's a warm welcome to Bongumusa Makhathini who is the chair of the SABC board, which has got itself into an interesting debate at the moment with The Sunday Times newspaper. Mr. Makhathini, you obviously got a little surprise no doubt when you saw the headlines in The Sunday Times yesterday?

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