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The Citizen reports that Communications Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane was in the hot seat before parliament’s oversight committee on Tuesday.
She struggled to explain why she was contesting the appointment of Chris Maroleng as the chief operating officer (COO) of the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). She said Maroleng had not been fully vetted and therefore his appointment was in essence null and void pending that process being carried out. “It [the vetting process] has not been finalised … I don’t want to appoint, I don’t want to fire. There is a process,” she stated. Since the vetting process had yet to be concluded, Maroleng jumped the gun in publicly accepting a congratulatory message, Kubayi-Ngubane added. She was summoned to appear before the portfolio committee in light of the Pretoria High Court ruling last year which found the board was entitled to appoint non-executive members without the go-ahead from the minister. The committee agreed to hold a special committee meeting to deliberate on what exactly the powers of the minister were regarding the appointment of the non-executives.
- Read this report by Denise Williams in full at The Citizen
- Read too, I have no interest in interfering or bullying SABC board over appointments, says Minister, at EWN
- And also, Minister wants to interfere with SABC board positions, opposition parties say, at BusinessLive
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