Dear Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA),

The above report refers.

The SABC, in this report reported:

"The largest contributor in the current year is from “Interest on repeat fees”. This is being addressed by the development of a Policy that is in the finalisation stages."

It was March 2020.

Has the SABC produced this Policy? It's now more than 6 months later.
How is a Policy going to address interest on repeat fees?
Under remedial actions, the SABC says "The SOP for the payment of Repeat fees has been revised with input from internal stakeholders, and has been included in the business’s revised SOP."
Which internal stakeholders were consulted for input?
Has this process followed the SABC's Governance procedures, like the Policy Management Framework?

"Worrying in the current year is where the SABC paid for the generators, which were never delivered, incurring a cost of R1.2 million. This is still being investigated and will be monitored closely."

Was the generators delivered?
How far is this investigation?
Who authorised the payment?
Was the procurement process not followed where the supplier was supposed to be vetted?
Was any action taken against anyone in terms of consequence management?

"Fraudulent payment of R1, 423m made to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) with regards to their fees was approved by the Board for condonation."

Is the SABC suggesting the SIU has submitted a fraudulent claim of R1,423M which was paid to the SIU and it has been condoned by the Board?