The South African Broadcasting Corporation has responded what it terms “the misleading Star article” ‘SABC's R400M 2010 ruse' as well as other reports in the media related to the article.
The SABC statement says the corporation's position regarding the acquisition of the corporation's outside broadcasting vans, for the broadcasting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa by the SABC, is as follows:
However, the SABC also says that the OB vans have previously been used:
The corporation says that as South Africa will be migrating from analogue to digital in the near future, “the SABC has every right to ensure that we are ready for that transformation in order to continue broadcasting 2010 and beyond”.
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