Parliament adopted a resolution on Wednesday recommending that the president dissolve the SABC board.
A deficit budget of more than R300-million was presented to the board in mid 2008. The board rejected it.
Pay dispute threatens coverage of the Confederations Cup, writes Glynnis Underhill.
A forensic report leaked to the M&G shows the SABC board is split into two camps, fighting over political control and editorial independence.
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/ 16 November 2008
The ANC is scrambling to replace SABC board members with an interim board that will be more sympathetic to the party in the run-up to the election.
The problem with the South African Broadcasting Corporation is not that biases its broadcasts, but that it holds back too much.
The SABC welcomed an appeal by a Johannesburg High Court judge on Tuesday for its chief executive Dali Mpofu and the board to resolve their dispute.