Carrim terms the revival of SABC and the ICT sector as top priority

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The newly anointed Communications Minister Yunus Carrim admits that a number of state entities call for revolutionary decisions in order to improve their capacity. He made specific mention to the decisions required to improve the management of South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).

“There is no reason why we cannot move with due expedition. We have these huge challenges and limited time so we cannot afford not to move fast. The plans [for the SABC] are not plans which I make alone. We are all excruciatingly aware of the need to stabilize the SABC board and its management. We need to improve its performance.

“I have been the minister now for not more than 45 minutes. I will be spending a good deal over the next two weeks listening to people, largely learning,” he said at the swearing in ceremony on Wednesday.

Carrim admitted that information and technology sector of South Africa is far behind other nations. He said the country only made noteworthy progress in the early years of its democratic transformation.

“I will be very keen to work with [the] deputy minister, the department, the public sector and [the] broader society… We simply have no choice. The public out there, the business community, trade union movements and society have reached a limit of tolerance about the difficulties we have been having in the SABC.

“We are all committed to work with the public out there in turning around the SABC and the ICT sector. It will happen, but it won’t happen simply through the role of the politicians. We all have a stake in this,” he added.