SABC News reports that with the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) facing liquidity constraints, group CEO Nomsa Chabeli says the organisation doesn’t foresee the possibility of staff salaries being at risk.

The public broadcaster has been battling cash flow challenges in recent years amid an increasingly competitive broadcasting space in the digital era. This as the SABC Bill, which proposes reforms in the funding model, has yet to be approved. Chabeli said a strategy had been put in place to ensure broadcasting continues. She indicated: “I think what we need to look at is that we’ve been very stable at prioritising and ensuring that our wages are settled month in, month out, we haven’t had that challenge and it’s something we are committed to because we believe that SABC employees are the engine of this organization. Without them, we don’t have a SABC. Like I’m saying everything is at risk but with our stability plan, we don’t foresee a situation where we are unable to pay salaries.”

• Read the original of the short report in the above regard by Viola May at SABC News

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