Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has appointed the SABC's interim board for a period of six months, the presidency said on Monday.

The new board is comprised of Irene Charnley (chairperson), Philip Frederick Mtimkulu (deputy chairperson), Libby Lloyd, Leslie Kgopotso Sedibe, Suzanne Vos, Gab Mampone, Robin Nicholson, and Charlotte Mampane.

"The Presidency expresses its confidence in the capabilities of the new interim board members and in the interim board as a collective," it said in a statement.

Advertisements for a permanent 12-member board will be published within the next two weeks.

The National Assembly's communications committee will start interviewing applicants shortly thereafter.