SECTOR 3 Assembly”. The parliamentary committee on communications advertises for nominations, examines the nominations in terms of the necessary skills and representivity, shortlists these candidates for public interviews, and then submits a final list to parliament for ratification. This process happens before the list of nominees is submitted to the president for appointment. Although the board is legally accountable to the public through parliament, government and ICASA, many panellists felt that the law, while good on paper, was being subverted by the ruling party. ANC-lackeys, rather than people particularly skilled in broadcasting and with public service in mind, were appointed as executive members of the board with ministerial interference. In addition, they felt that Parliament was not doing its duty in terms of acting as an oversight body for the Board and the Corporation. In 2011 the “SOS: Support Public Broadcasting Coalition” began lobbying government to review the public broadcasting policy. This was after the controversial Public Service Broadcasting Bill was withdrawn (see indicator 1:10). The Coalition also made submissions to the Constitutional Review Committee, which included the proposal to make the SABC a Chapter 9 institution in order to protect its independence from political pressure. “As long as the SABC is controlled by Parliament, which is dominated by the ruling ANC, it will be controlled by the ANC, like all parastatals. Until the political will and integrity of the legislation are respected, we won’t be able to solve the problems at the SABC. Parliament is letting down the nation badly as it has failed to hold the corporation to account, financially or in terms of an effective turnaround strategy.” Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 52 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER SOUTH AFRICA 2013 2.1 (2010: 3.1; 2008: 2.9; 2006: 4.6)