BusinessLive reports that the troubles of axed SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng are far from over, with the interim board now scrutinising the R11m bonus payment he received for orchestrating a controversial deal with pay TV company MultiChoice.  

The R533m deal gave the private broadcaster access to the SABC’s entire archive.  Motsoeneng, who was dismissed from the public broadcaster on Monday following a disciplinary hearing, might be compelled to pay back the money.  Briefing MPs on Tuesday, SABC interim board chairwoman Khanyisile Kweyama said the bonus paid to Motsoeneng and various others had been referred to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU).  She indicated that the bonus payment, initially meant to be R30m, was highly irregular and was not ratified by the board at the time.  The payment was seen as a "finder’s fee".  Communications Minister Ayanda Dlodlo told MPs the bonus payments were "problematic" because there was no performance-management system or agreements in place.

• Read this report by Bekezela Phakathi in full at BusinessLive
• See too, Hlaudi 'to blame' for R509 million loss at SABC, at BusinessLive

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