/ 16 July 1997

Homeland broadcasters to merge with SABC

WEDNESDAY, 10.30AM

FORMER apartheid homeland broadcasters are to be integrated into the SA Broadcasting Corporation as soon as an audit of their assets has been finalised and all parties consulted, SABC communications head Enoch Sithole said on Tuesday.

Sithole said the integration is expected to take place within the month, and a comprehensive report will be tabled with SABC management next week.

Referring to a report quoting him as saying the integration process will be completed within four years, Sithole said the time frame referred to pertained to provisions for unforseen legal problems, which might include lawsuits or contracts involving the broadcasters of the former apartheid homelands of Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, Transkei and Venda.