Save our SABC: Reclaiming our Public Broadcaster
Programme
Day One – Wednesday 28th January
Registration – 08h30
Session One – Opening and purpose of workshop – 09h00
Chair – William Bird (Director – Media Monitoring Africa)
Welcome – Zohra Dawood (Executive Director – Open Society Foundation)
Purpose – Kate Skinner (Campaign Coordinator – Save our SABC)
Questions
Session Two – The SABC’s digital future – 09h30
Chair – William Bird (Director – Media Monitoring Africa)
Presenter – Libby Lloyd (Communications Consultant, ex-ICASA Councilor and ex-CEO
of the Media Development and Diversity Agency)
Questions, debate and way forward
Tea – 10h30
Session Three – The SABC’s public mandate – programming - 11h00
Chair – Jane Duncan (Executive Director – Freedom of Expression Institute)
Presenter – William Bird (Director – Media Monitoring Africa)
Presenter – Rehad Desai (Chair South African Screen Federation)
Questions, debate and way forward
Session Four – The SABC’s public mandate – the Charter – 12h00
Chair – Jane Duncan (Executive Director – Freedom of Expression Institute)
Presenter – Justine Limpitlaw (Media law academic, Pretoria University)
Respondent – William Gumede (Academic and political commentator)
Questions, debate and way forward
Lunch – 13h00
Session Five – The SABC’s legal structure – the benefits / disadvantages of
corporatization versus other options – 13h45
Chair – Devan Pillay (Head Sociology Department, Wits University)
Presenter – Justine Limpitlaw (Media law academic, Pretoria University)
Respondent – Tawana Kupe (Dean of Humanities, Wits University)
Respondent – Patrick Craven (Spokesperson, Cosatu)
Questions, debate and way forward
Tea – 15h00
Session Six – The SABC’s legal structure – the benefits/ disadvantages of a national
versus a regional structure – 15h15
Chair – Devan Pillay (Head Sociology Department, Wits University)
Presenter – Guy Berger (Head Journalism Department, Rhodes University)
Closure – 16h00
Day Two – Thursday 29th January
Registration – 08h30
Session Seven – The SABC’s legal structure – problems with the Articles of Association –
09h00
Chair – Kate Skinner (Campaign Coordinator - Save our SABC)
Presenter - Melissa Moore (Law Clinic Attorney – Freedom of Expression Institute)
Questions, debate and way forward
Session Eight – The SABC’s legal structure – the roles of the Minister, Department of
Communications, Parliament, SABC Board and SABC Management – 10h00
Chair – Rene Smith (Media researcher)
Presenter – Kate Skinner (Coordinator – Save our SABC Campaign)
Respondent – Raymond Louw (Freedom of Expression Activist)
Respondent – Tawana Kupe (Dean of Humanities, Wits University)
Tea – 11h15
Session Nine – The SABC’s funding model – options for the future – 11h30
Chair – Anton Harber (Caxton Professor of Journalism Studies, Wits University)
Presenter – Libby Lloyd (Communications Consultant)
Respondent – Jane Duncan (Executive Director, Freedom of Expression Institute)
Respondent – Patrick Craven (Spokesperson Cosatu)
Respondent – Justine Limpitlaw (Media law academic, Pretoria University)
Question, debate and way forward
Lunch – 13h00
Session Ten – Way forward – 14h00
Chair – William Bird (Director - Media Monitoring Africa)
Presenter – Kate Skinner (Coordinator – Save our SABC Campaign)
Closure – 15h00