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The Sunday Times reports that three top executives at the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) have threatened to quit, claiming they face constant meddling and interference from members of the board.
Last week group CEO Madoda Mxakwe, outgoing chief operating officer Craig van Rooyen and chief financial officer Yolande van Biljon wrote to the board, detailing instances of alleged interference by two of its members. The board is responsible for the SABC's broad strategic mandate and is not permitted to interfere in the day-to-day activities of the public broadcaster. On Tuesday, the three sent a letter to the board chair responding to the board's request for examples of interference after they complained about it in an initial letter sent in June. The examples they cited included a board member's suggestion that they give ministers free access to SABC news in return for "political mileage" and editorial interference in the news department. The executives also accused a board member of peddling a lie about executives hatching a plan to pay themselves performance bonuses while the public broadcaster begged for a government bailout. But those close to the implicated board members hit back, saying they were being targeted by the three executives and other board members for asking difficult questions about the corporation's ability to meet the stringent turnaround targets set by finance minister Tito Mboweni as a precondition for a R3.2bn bailout. The latest drama came as the government last week again rejected the SABC's request for a bailout.
- Read the full original of the above report by Caiphus Kgosana at TimesLIVE
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