SOUTH AFRICA’S DEMOCRACY IS BEING GAGGED BY THE STATE. In a SHOCKING admission, the SABC has declared it will NOT cover the nation’s critical upcoming elections, after the ANC-led National Treasury BLINDSIDED the public broadcaster by slashing its funding request. This is not a simple budget cut—it’s a DELIBERATE STRANGULATION of the free press.
Insiders are whispering that this is a CONVENIENT “crisis” for a ruling party terrified of true, unfiltered scrutiny. With NO funding for “wall-to-wall coverage,” voter education, or mandated airtime for opposition parties, the upcoming vote will unfold in an INFORMATION BLACKOUT. The government is effectively SILENCING the only broadcaster that reaches millions in remote areas. Is this the prelude to RIGGING an election in the shadows?
MPs are in OUTRAGE, but their letters are mere theater. The finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, has been accused of creating an “ANOMALY” so severe it threatens the very foundation of inclusive democracy. Meanwhile, the SABC is drowning in a R1.5-BILLION debt to state-owned Sentech—a financial noose conveniently tightened by the same powers that now refuse to pay for election coverage.
They want you disinformed, disengaged, and powerless. This is how democracies DIE—not with a bang, but with a deliberately muted broadcast signal. The silence you hear on election day won’t be an accident; it will be a POLICY.
Author: Kayitsi.com
