The Star reports that fired SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) chief operations officer Chris Maroleng has vowed to fight back and challenge his dismissal by the public broadcaster.
A devastated Maroleng revealed that he was currently taking legal advice and would probably take the fight for his job to the Commission for Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration (CCMA). The SABC board announced on Tuesday that Maroleng's contract had been terminated with immediate effect after he was found guilty in an internal disciplinary hearing. Maroleng was found guilty of three of the four charges he faced. He was found guilty of approving a monthly acting allowance of just over R15,000 for an employee, despite a written HR decision to the contrary. He was also found guilty of two charges relating to protecting former acting group executive for sport Marcia Mahlalela. Maroleng said he felt “pretty down” after being fired, but still had the will to fight. “I may have not followed processes to the T, or I may have demonstrated some sort of bad judgment, but the truth is that I never did anything that will ultimately result in the financial loss of the SABC. I did not defraud the SABC. I did not act corruptly to enrich anyone, including myself, but ultimately here I am fired,” Maroleng argued.
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