Question NW1020 to the Minister of Communications
23 May 2017 - NW1020
Van Damme, Ms PT to ask the Minister of Communications
(1) Whether, as indicated by the former Minister of Communications, Ms A F Muthambi, in March 2017 that she intends to take the report of the parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Inquiry on review, she still intends to do so; if not, why is the judicial review of the report no longer being pursued; if so, what are the reasons for taking the report on review; (2) whether her department will fund the litigation; if so, (a) why and (b) what are the anticipated costs; (3) whether she will furnish Ms P T van Damme with the legal papers she or her department intends to file or has filed?
Reply:
(1)(2)(3) This matter is one of the many matters we are looking into at the Ministry of Communications.