Jacquie Golding-Duffy
The Junior Rapportryersbeweeging (JRB), an Afrikaans mens-only cultural youth movement, will object against the SABC’s new proposed schedules in a bid to get the Independent Broadcasting Authority to hold a hearing.
If the IBA decides that the submissions by the JRB are “serious enough” , it could stall the process for the SABC by giving the Afrikaner movement a chance to have oral submissions.
The deadline for submissions to the IBA regarding the SABC’s “new look” is February 2, two days before the “new SABC” is supposed to hit the screens.
JRB vice-president Johann Marais said not only would the movement lodge complaints with the IBA, but they would “most definitely” haul the SABC before the constitutional court for “undermining the Afrikaans language” in its
Afrikaans is currently only allowed 3,9% of airtime across all three channels while English has been allocated more than half of SABC’s broadcasting time.
Marais said the SABC had the “audacity” to flaunt R2-million, which they intend using for their launch extravaganza. “That money could be used more effectively in starting up a few more channels which could cater for Afrikaans
SABC spokesman Pat Pillai said the 3,9 percent was based on equitability and proportionate in terms of demographics. “As a public broadcaster, we are open to scrutiny,” he