Speaker, Cope is extremely concerned about the way the SABC is conducting its business. Yesterday, they reached an agreement with the Freedom of Expression Institute to the extent that they will no longer proceed with the hearing before the complaints commission of the Independent Communications Authority of SA, Icasa. The matter before the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of SA was related to some of the commentators who were blacklisted some years ago.
We are currently experiencing similar censorship from the SABC. If they are not blacklisting actively, they are doing so by way of conducting their business in general. They are not only doing that, but they are also busy with censorship by exclusion. Some of the news directors seem to be directly managed from Luthuli House on what is news, what should hit the main headlines of the news, and what should rather be ignored.
What is evident today when we watch the SABC news, is that there is vast difference between what e-News is regarding as current news and what the SABC is regarding, through their masters from Luthuli House, to be the current news. That is totally unacceptable and is a serious transgression of their licensing conditions, and we will certainly not leave the matter there. Icasa will have to investigate, and we will present the necessary information to them. Thank you. [Time expired.] [Applause.]