Madam Deputy Speaker, the MF indeed recognises the necessity of an efficient and effective management team to be put in place for the SABC board. There may be some excellent candidates amongst the 12 nominations, and we have no doubt whatsoever about that, but there must be, and I repeat, there must be equal opportunities for all.
We say that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, united in our diversity, yet we fail to take into consideration the broad cross-cultural nature of South African society in the composition of the SABC board. For this reason, the MF will abstain.