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BusinessLive reports that the Communications Workers Union (CWU) has expressed concern about the shortlisting process for the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), indicating it was shocked to learn there was no labour candidate among the 24 names on the shortlist.
The union represents more than 44,000 workers in the communications industry. Last week, parliament’s portfolio committee on communications drew up the shortlist of candidates who will be interviewed to fill eight vacancies on the troubled broadcaster’s board. Interviews are scheduled to begin on Tuesday. Aubrey Tshabalala, general secretary of CWU, said at the weekend the union would write to the chair of the parliamentary portfolio committee to register its displeasure at the shortlisting process. “To include labour is not a favour but part of the Broadcasting Act requirements and the advert. We are therefore not pleased that labour has no representative. It is important that, in these trying times, the board of the SABC comprises expertise from all sectors of our society,” said Tshabalala. He went to state: “The undermining of labour cannot be accepted, especially now that there are threats of dismissing workers in massive numbers.” The ANC, meanwhile, welcomed the shortlist and urged the public to participate in the process.
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