(1) Whether the cost of producing and broadcasting the news contributions by the SA Broadcasting Corporation’s international news bureaus has been calculated; if not, why not; if so, what was the cost of (a) television and (b) radio airtime; (2) (a) which of the international news bureaus have been closed down and (b) why Friday, 14 August 2009 220 INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 9 - 2009 was each closed down; (3) which of the news bureaus will (a) remain functional for strategic reasons and (b) be phased out in the course of this year; (4) (a) what was the total cost to company of the international news bureaus during the 2008-09 financial year, (b) what is the anticipated expenditure on bureaus that will be phased out during the current financial year and (c) how will the SABC ensure a constant flow of news from the countries where the news bureaus have been or will be closed down?