South African journalism has had some low points in its 200-year history. This week's admission that the SABC sells interviews without telling the audience is one of the lowest.
Minister Bathabile Dlamini admitted paying the SABC for an interview last year in the middle of crucial ANC leadership battles, and describing this as routine practice and "an investment in the public broadcaster" for which she would not apologise.
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