The SABC has already missed a deadline to file opposing papers in an urgent interdict against a ban sought by the Helen Suzman Foundation. The matter is to be heard in the High Court in Pretoria next Tuesday.

SABC spokesman Kaizer Kganyago said on Thursday the broadcaster had not yet responded to Icasa or formally notified the regulator of its intention to review its order. “We will write to them to inform them,” he said.

Natasha Marrian, ‘Deadlines loom for SABC as lobbyists step up the pressure’, Business Day, 15 July 2016