# The Communication Workers Union is calling on the minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, to urgently intervene in the SABC retrenchment plan. The public broadcaster is planning to retrench sales staff as part of a restructuring exercise to address its financial challenges. The SABC last embarked on significant job cuts in 2020 and 2021. CWU’s spokesperson, Moffat Seutlwadi, says the public broadcaster must comply with the basic legal requirements set out in the Labour Relations Act: