Broadcaster is simply broke

AFRIKAANS: SABC JUST CAN'T PAY FOR PRODUCTIONS

- Marizka Coetzer

State broadcaster SABC doesn't seem to have a vendetta against the Afrikaans language but is so broke it cannot pay for the productions. One of the Afrikaans shows, Voetspore, could soon face the axe.

Earlier this month, Afrikaners saw red when the SABC failed to broadcast the Afrikaans news on the first weekend of the month due to technical issues.

MyBroadband reported that Voetspore's 14th season would likely be the last viewed on SABC2, after an extensive battle over the SABC's decision to stop payments in December last year.

AfriForum's head of cultural affairs Alana Bailey said the organisation was sorry to hear that Afrikaans was being scaled down even further on the SABC.

"AfriForum is still waiting for feedback on its [Promotion of Access to Information Act] application to the SABC to obtain more information about the Afrikaans news bulletins and their future on the SABC," she said.