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City Press writes that the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) under corporate affairs boss Hlaudi Motsoeneng is an organisation “driven by fear and intimidation” as it becomes increasingly securitized.
There is an escalating purge of skills and integrity, with even the State Security Agency (SSA) being roped in to help investigate staff. This is according to 18 former senior staffers and current insiders whom City Press interviewed – or studied the labour cases of – over the past month. The suspension of experienced SABC staffers’ contracts is escalating and almost always involves payouts. Most of these staff members are punished for questioning irregular procedures or leaking information to the press. In the last two years, the CCMA heard 90 cases brought by SABC staff, 109 of which were in the past nine months. Insubordination is one of the most common charges laid against “uncooperative” staff by the SABC, but “sharing information with third parties” has been steadily rising in the past year.
- Read this thoroughgoing report by Charl Blignaut and Lloyd Gedye in full at City Press
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