News24 reports that SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) producer Vuyo Mvoko has been out of work for eight months while he waits for the outcome of an internal disciplinary process.  

Mvoko wrote a letter which was published in July in which he described his personal experience of editorial interference at the public broadcaster.  Soon after, Mvoko received a letter from the SABC, informing him that he was in breach of his contract and would not be scheduled to appear on television until a disciplinary process had been completed.  In August, the High Court ruled that Mvoko was "jumping the gun" with an unlawful termination suit against the SABC, saying internal disciplinary processes should first be completed.  The last Mvoko apparently heard from the SABC was in August, following the court case.  "I have received no word when the disciplinary process would be completed and, in the meantime, I have no work to do," he said.  He also indicated that he had made an application to the Supreme Court of Appeal.  The court has yet to set a date for a hearing.

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