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News24 reports that the chairperson of the board of the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), Bongumusa Makhathini, has confirmed that a conditional offer has been made to journalist Chris Maroleng to become the public broadcaster's new Chief Operating Officer (COO).
The process, however, has yet to be finalised, Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Communications heard on Tuesday. Makhathini and Communications Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane appeared before MPs to account for media reports that Kubayi-Ngubane had tried to "interfere" with the appointment. A Sunday World report last week revealed that Maroleng would be appointed to the position. Makhathini told MPs: “As the board, we did not sanction that media report. We extended a conditional appointment, subject to vetting. The process is currently being finalised." He also indicated that there had been ample consultation between the board and the minister. "There were meetings between me and the minister, and meetings with some of the board members. We had letters indicating every step, so there was consultation and discussion." Kubayi-Ngubane faced public criticism last week for saying that "all appointments of the COO, CEO and CFO of state-owned entities are done through Cabinet processes, and therefore the announcement of the outcome is made by Cabinet".
- Read this report by Paul Herman in full at News24
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