Hon Speaker, I believe that if the hon member had looked at the Act governing broadcasting and how appointments in entities and, in particular to the SA Broadcasting Corporation, are made, she wouldn't have been asking me this question.
However, hon Speaker, I think I should help her and say that the appointments of all the executives at all the entities or companies that report to the Department of Communications are made by the board members, and not by the Minister. This includes the appointment of the board members of all the entities. The recruitment advertisements are posted in newspapers or in media houses and the people of South Africa have an opportunity to nominate people that they think can sit on those boards. We have a selection committee that selects the members who qualify. All members that are sitting on the SA Post Office board sit there on merit.
With regard to the SABC issue, probably the hon member is no longer a member of the Portfolio Committee on Communications because, if she were, she would remember that before all the board members at the SABC are appointed, they are actually interviewed by the portfolio committee here in Parliament, on which the Minister does not even sit. They later make a recommendation to the President, and the President delegates the matter to the Minister in order for her to appoint those board members. The board members, as I have said, are actually interviewed by the portfolio committee, to which the member belongs. Thank you very much, hon Speaker. [Interjections.]