Yes, yes, we understand that the SABC is South Africa’s national broadcaster – but since when do state-owned entities aim to lose money?

Apparently it’s a good thing, says SABC boss Hlaudi Motsoeneng.

Talk about dangerous opinion entering the public realm.

Hlaudi said that he was happy the public broadcaster had lost R411-million in the past financial year. More from Times Live:

Speaking at the TruFM Tru Talent Search at Hemingways Casino in East London yesterday, Motsoeneng said losing millions was not a loss because the institution was not for making a profit.

Motsoeneng said: “The SABC is not a profit company. Ours is to sustain business, pay our workers, pay service providers and if we see you are a black person, and you don’t have money to start your business, we give you money.

“Today they are saying at the SABC we got a loss of R411-million. For me, I am very happy. For me that is not a loss, we’ve invested in black people.”

He said the SABC did business with many big companies, many of which were based outside the country.

Motsoeneng said these companies should make a contribution to the #FeesMustFall campaign.

“You [businesses] need to contribute 1%, before we can do business with you, for students.”

On state capture, Motsoeneng said many companies had been capturing the government for a long time.

“Big companies don’t want small emerging companies to grow.”

Motsoeneng said the SABC wanted production houses across the country so young, up-and-coming artists could get a platform. He was tired of programmes such as Dr Phil on SABC3, he said.

The worst thing about those comments is that he is able to draw in support from African nationalists who support his in-house dreams, but on the other hand, he does nothing to make them succeed in the most brilliant way.

Dangerous games Hlaudi is playing, and he knows it.

[source:timeslive]