BusinessLive reports that the SA Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC’s) interim board may soon withdraw a decision by previous nonexecutive directors to appeal against the Public Protector’s (PP’s) damning 2014 report.
It dealt with governance lapses at the broadcaster that led to former chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s fall from grace. Should the board decide not to proceed with the appeal, it could signal the end at the SABC for Motsoeneng. The High Court in Cape Town ruled in December that he should not occupy any position at the SABC unless the PP’s report was set aside or new disciplinary processes against him finalised. The SABC and Motsoeneng challenged the ruling, but the application for leave to appeal was dismissed by the same court earlier in 2017. Motsoeneng is due to face a disciplinary hearing in coming weeks, based on the recommendations of the PP’s report. The report indicated that Motsoeneng had fabricated a matric qualification, purged staff who disagreed with him and increased his salary irregularly, from R1.5m to R2.4m in a year.
- Read this report by Bekezela Phakathi in full at BusinessLive
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