PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO: 746
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 14 August 2009
QUESTION PAPER NO: 9
DATE OF REPLY: 21 August 2009
Ms J D Killian (COPE) asked the Minister of Communications:
(1) What is the anticipated savings that will derive from the Interim SA
Broadcasting Corporation Boardâs cost cutting measures regarding (a) a ban
on business class air travel, (b) television subscriptions and (c) other
entertainment perks for directors;
(2) (a) how many overseas travels have been undertaken in the course of the
current financial year and (b) how does it compare on a month-on-month
basis to the 2008-09 financial year;
(3) (a) how many (i) conferences, (ii) functions and (iii) other forms of
entertainment have been cancelled as a cost-cutting exercise and (b) what
will the rand value of these savings amount to?
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REPLY
I have been advised by the SABC as follow:-
1. The estimated cost of the savings to be achieved cannot be determined
as the Board has only been in office for less than two months. The
savings will be calculated against budget but may not be an accurate
reflection because with reduction in members from 12 to six for the
term of the Interim Board, the comparison may not be accurate.
Presently costs are only in respect of one member who travels weekly
between Johannesburg and Cape Town.
2. During the current financial year the Interim Board has not taken any
trips overseas.
3. The calculation of the Rand value of savings will be done against
budget as the invitations are received and declined. To date no
invitations have been received or declined.