Inhlangano yezokusakaza kuleli iSouth African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) ithe ukunqanyulwa kukagesi ngonyaka odlule kube nomthelela omubi embonini yezobuciko kanye nasenkampanini.
Yize kumiswe ukucishwa kukagesi isikhathi esingaphezu kwenyanga, iSABC ithe ukuqhubeka nokuncipha konyaka obuyekezwayo kudale ukwehla kwababukeli.
Lo msakazi uphinde waxwayisa “ngesikhathi sokuphela kwesikhathi” ngenxa yokucisha kukagesi.
Lokhu kuvele ngokocwaningo lweSABC “lwesimo” oluqukethwe ohlelweni olusha lwenhlangano yezokusakaza oluthunyelwe ePhalamende kuleli sonto.
Isiteshi somphakathi esidonsa kanzima sesilethe uhlelo lwaso olubuyekeziwe lwebhizinisi ePhalamende, okwenza ukuxhumana okuqondile phakathi kokucishwa kukagesi kanye nokuncipha kwababukeli.
Embikweni, i-SABC ibala izinselelo ezithinta ukusebenza kwayo, okuhlanganisa ukucishwa kukagesi kanye nendlela yokuxhasa ngemali.
Ithi ukucishwa kukagesi kube “nomthelela omkhulu” embonini yezobuciko, ikakhulukazi umkhakha wokulalelwayo nokubukwayo, “othembele ekunikezweni kwamandla okuqhubekayo nokungaphazamiseki ukuze kukhiqizwe okuqukethwe kanye nokulethwa kwabasakazi”.
I-SABC ithe ukubambezeleka kokuphothula imidlalo kuholele ekwehleni kwenani lababukeli nokwalandela nokusetshenziswa kwemali kwezokukhangisa, “okubi kakhulu kubasakazi nakubadidiyeli bokuqukethwe ngokufanayo”.
Inhlangano yesifundazwe iqhube yathi ukucinywa kukagesi “kwesula isikhathi sokuqala sethelevishini, njengoba sisazi” futhi lolu hlelo lubonisa ukuxhumana okuqondile phakathi kokunyuka kokunqamuka kukagesi kanye nokuncipha kwesikhathi esichithwa ababukeli bebuka i-TV.