Good week

It has become an all-too-familiar narrative in recent years that no board of the financially crippled SABC serves its full five-year term, largely due to political interference. Now and three other board members — Mathatha Tsedu, John Matisonn and Krish Naidoo — have resigned on principle, in protest against interference from communications minister Stella Ndabeni-abrahams. It means the board no longer has the quorum to take crucial decisions. Perhaps the government will change its approach.

Khanyisile Kweyama