Plea to "save" South African national broadcaster SABC.

Text of opinion article by Kate Skinner and Tawana Kupe, published by influential, privately-owned South African daily Business Day website on 16 April

16 April 2009, Johannesburg: What is to be done about our public broadcaster? For years, the SABC has been lurching from crisis to crisis, to the extent that its editorial and programming credibility, financial viability and institutional sustainability are now seriously in question.But all is not lost. We need to get back to basics. First, we need a clear vision of the kind of broadcaster we want. Most people would agree that we want an editorially independent, accountable, publicly funded broadcaster, broadcasting robust, probing journalism reflecting diverse views and supporting a …