Total blackout warning for the SABC

Earlier in the year, Media Monitoring Africa’s William Bird said the risk of a blackout was due to the government “actively defunding” the public broadcaster. Bird believes the state should cover the SABC’s signal distribution costs, but it is instead left to carry the enormous bill, making its model less sustainable. “The scenario is catastrophic. You have the SABC’s finances plummeting. You have the government and Parliament failing to do their job,” he said.