Chair Bongumusa Makhatini on SABC board's approach to State Security Agency

A storm has erupted around around a front page Sunday Times report that SABC's directors resolved to approach the State Security Agency to help address "leaking" of board minutes. Harvard-educated SABC chairman Bongumusa Makhatini reacted aggressively, accusing the newspaper of pursuing a commercial agenda and using fake news to attack the national broadcaster's credibility. On Rational Radio, we approached the issue from a different perspective - probing why the organ charged with protecting national security should busy itself with leaked board packs; and given the SSA's history with the national broadcaster, asking whether the Sunday Times was, rather, acting in the national interest. There's some good news in all the noise - there's clearly a new sheriff in the SABC town who won't countenance the behaviour of his predecessors.      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices