SABC accused of political bias

Shame, poor ANC, now they know how it feels to have the fact that Helen Zille's election as the world's best mayor was ignored by the SABC. She's DA; had she been ANC it would have been top of the news for ages.

But what's new? the SABC has always been the mouthpiece of the ruling party, when the Nats were in, it sang their tune. Now the ANC are in, it sings theirs.

The only really irritating part of it all is that in the face of masses of evidence to prove that they are biased, they flatly deny it.

Wow! This is a breath of fresh air; the ANC moved to complain about the media coverage other parties are getting? Without admitting they are constantly showing sings of panic and in some cases desperation. Two weeks ago the ANC had an hour long interview with the ANC president. Quite frankly Zuma contradicts himself so much that it would be in the interest of the other political parties that he be given as much time as he wants. However interrupting an important round-table-discussion on the latest political developments sweeping the country, to cross live to someone making constitutionally offensive suggestions on the fight against crime, amounts to gross negligence on the part of the SABC. As a viewer and license payer, I was seriously offended. I believe it would be fair to afford the leader of every political organization in the country at least an hour long interview to restore parity – As far as I know the SABC board does not intervene in the editorial decisions of the SABC management; so I do not understand the threat by the Portfolio Committee chairperson that the board must account for the bias coverage. This threat amounts to abuse of power and perhaps there might be a legitimate reason to report the portfolio committee chairperson to ICASA and Public Protector.

I really do not know what to say. We watch ANC news everyday of our lives.I was shocked and changed the channel when the discussions on TV were disrupted by Zuma/ANC rally. Why should they complain about the coverage of other political parties. It is not a coverage as such, they are mostly mentioned in passing but the ANC issues always take a centre stage.
Molwantwa Solomon

It makes sense when the opposition is complaining because indeed they are not given enough attention as compared to ANC.The ANC can't accuse the SABC of bias,do

That's rich coming from Zuma's ANC. Zuma instructed the SABC to cover him for a full hour just last month. After that they gave him, some obscure ANC group that calls itself Limpopo "MK Veterans" As+sociation, and COSATU another 30 minutes of news coverage. It will be a good thing if the ANC ask for the SABC to give equal coverage. This will mean that they no longer give ANC, Limpopo Youth League, North West Youth League, National Youth League, the obscure group called Limpopo "MK Veterans" As+sociation, and other obscure ANC small sub-groups so much coverage which in effect only means coverage of the ANC.
It would be interesting if they would ask the SABC radio stations to stop shielding Zuma from public scrutiny. It would be very helpful in particular if they ask Ukhozi FM (and to a certain extent Metro FM)to allow free expression by everybody. It would be helpful if they ask Xolani Gwala of Asikhulume to stop his hostile posture towards the new party.

SABC accused of political bias

It is of great surprise that even this article has been published!
It is common knowledge that everything has to be vetted and authorised by the ruling regime before being announced by it's megaphone!
The replacement of the scorpions will soon see witch hunts, harrasing any who even consider a contrary statement to the deity or it's minions and organs.

Mr Holomisa must give credible evidence to ICASA of SABC ’s biasness towards his party and the agreement that the National Convention had with the SABC , similarities are appalling with regards to Mr Holomisa’s complain and the presumptuous association of one Mr. Mbeki, hastily assembling the SABC board and then subsequently being recalled by the party, exodus of members in solidarity with Mr. Mbeki, the same Mr Mbeki that a new party was born after he was recalled,
and Holomisa’s statement in support of a failed bid to retain Mr Mbeki at the helm of the Country and Mr. Lekota’s advertisement. The SABC has on numerous occasions being labelled biased towards the ANC and coincidentally Mbeki was at the helm.

I've always called the SABC3 news at 7, the "ANC News at 7" - more news on the ANC than on any other single subject, day after day.

It's sad that the ANC felt beatrayed by the SABC.

Indications are that SABC has always been "potrayed" as baised towards the ANC and now that it didn't get the coverage that SHIKOTA received - it complained.

However, for the SABC to give coverage to SHIKOTA than to the ANC was very unfail, if media reports are anything to go by. And on that not, I fully agree with the ANC for SABC's bias reporting!