Deputy Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes that the South African Broadcasting Corporation, SABC celebrated its 75th year of existence on Monday, 1 August 2011;
2) also notes that the public broadcaster has moved from only two radio stations in Afrikaans and English in 1936, to the current 18 radio stations in all 11 official languages, and three television channels that cover a wide range of national and multicultural programmes and current affairs that cater to audiences of different age groups, races and social classes;
3) further notes that the SABC has helped to capture eminent events such as the Sharpeville massacre, South Africa's freedom, the TRC, the demise of the apartheid regime, as well as the inauguration of South Africa's first democratically elected post-apartheid Head of State, President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela;
4) acknowledges that the SABC has been transformed from a mouthpiece that peddled apartheid propaganda to a truly independent informative broadcasting corporation that drives current affairs issues in South Africa and plays an integral role in informing and educating our people; and
5) takes this opportunity to congratulate the SABC on reaching 75 years and in particular on its achievements in reaching critical transformation goals.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.