Critics like Media Monitoring Africa and the SOS Coalition for Public Broadcasting complained that three years would be too little, too late, considering the SABC was already failing to break even. The minister also agreed with criticism from entities like the South African National Editors’ Forum, who argued that the bill would give the government undue influence over editorial matters at the broadcaster. However, in her response, Diko accused the minister of being “trigger-happy” by killing the bill.