Premier
In relation to allocation of funds in the 2022/23 provincial budget to pay the SABC:
(1) (a) What is the total amount allocated by the Western Cape Government to the SABC for the 2022/23 financial year, (b) what services are provided by the SABC to the provincial government and (c) how do these services benefit the provincial government;
(2) whether the provincial government is mandated by any legislative provisions to make these payments; if so, what are the relevant details?
[1] [a] The particular function has been decentralized i.e. the budget and related expenditure in this regard are each department’s responsibility. The allocation for Vote 1 for the 2022/23 financial year is R66 000.
[b] TV licences for the television sets in the Department of the Premier.
[c] Enables official presentations and training, access to broadcast media and live streaming of parliamentary events.
[2] Section 27 [1] [a] of the Broadcasting Act 4 of 1999 prescribes that “No person may use an television set unless such person is in possession of- [i] a television licence issued by the Corporation against payment of the prescribed fee for each television set so used, unless exempted by regulation”;
