Question NW1486 to the Minister of Communications
19 December 2019 - NW1486
Mhlongo, Mr TW to ask the Minister of Communications
(1)Whether, with reference to the fact that the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) have sold licensed programmes to other broadcasters all over the world, she will supply a list of the (a) programmes licensed throughout the world in the past 10 years, (b) fees attached to each transaction and (c) individual share of profits due to each of the (i) producers, (ii) writers and (iii) performers for each transaction; (2) what are the details of the (a) programmes sold on DVD in the Republic and throughout the world, (b) fee attached to each transaction and (c) individual share of profit due to the producers, writers and performers for each transaction; (3) whether the SABC will be paying interest for late payment considering that the share in profit due to producers, writers and performers is by contract and should have been paid bi-annually; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the further relevant details?NW2754E
Reply:
I have been advised by the department as follows:
1. (a) The attached Pivot worksheets entitled, Programme sales FY2014 to FY2019, details all, the licensed programming sold worldwide, by the SABC, since 2014. Manual records were kept prior to 2014.
(b) The sheets named 2017/2018 royalty calculations and 2018/2019 royalty calculations, details all royalty calculations since formal records were kept. The sheet indicates all the fees payable, for each transaction, for the writers, producers and performers.
(c) The sheets named 2017/2018 royalty calculations and 2018/2019 royalty calculations, detail all share of the profits due, for each of the writers, producers and performers.
2. (a) The worksheet titled: Calculations of DVD royalties for Oct 2018-Jan 2019 details all programme’s sold on DVD in the Republic and throughout the world.
(b) and (c) The worksheet titled: Calculations of DVD royalties for Oct 2018 – Jan 2019, details for (b) fee attached to each transaction and (c) individual share of profit due to the producers, writers and performers for each transaction.
3. The SABC management had taken a decision not to pay interest on late payments.
MS. STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP
MINISTER