Uzalo- the SABC’s biggest daily soapie with a viewership of 9.2 million - has run into financial trouble that could see it pulled off air, but the public broadcaster says it is in talks to save the popular production.
Tuesday, SABC spokesman Kaizer Kganyago would not be drawn on reports Uzalo production would stop.
Asked to verify reports SABC had failed to pay the production house, Stained Glass, resulting in it failing to pay actors and producers, Kganyago said: “ We had a meeting with the production house, but I can not disclose the outcomes.”
Uzalo spokesperson Ayanda Mthiyane was not available for comment.
The SABC is in financial trouble and last paid its service providers in June, and has failed to raise funding.
SABC now hopes for a
R3 billion bailout from the National Treasury.