SOS welcomes court’s dismissal of MK’s bid to invalidate SABC’s use of the term ‘GNU’
February 4, 2025
SOS COALITION, MEDIA MONITORING AFRICA, THE SOUTH AFRICAN EDITORS’ FORUM AND THE CAMPAIGN FOR FREE EXPRESSION: CALLS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MINISTER’S WITHDRAWAL OF THE SABC BILL
February 8, 2025ETV, MMA and SOS Court Case
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) and SOS Support Public Broadcasting Coalition (SOS) join e.tv (PTY) limited in filling an affidavit at the High Court of South Africa. This affidavit follows the latest postponement of the Analogue Switch-off (ASO) to 31 March 2025. The affidavit addresses the devasting impact of the premature ASO on the public, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), community television broadcasters and the exclusion of MMA and SOS from regular consultations with broadcasters.
Read the application here:
https://soscoalition.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Cape-Town-TV-confirmatory-affidavit.pdf
https://soscoalition.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Rule-16A-Notice.pdf
