ANA reports that disgruntled employees of the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), dubbed the ‘SABC Section 192 Movement’, have planned a silent protest against the state broadcaster’s announcement that it would be retrenching 400 employees.  

The group said in a media statement:  “We declare Monday, 16th November 2020 to be ‘Black Monday’ and a day of action against the new structure.  We ask all South Africans to pray for us and to hold us in their thoughts and meditations.  We invite you to participate in our silent protest in any way possible via social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or join us outside the SABC at 1pm or at any of the SABC offices around the country on Monday.”  Despite heightening criticism, the broadcaster last week announced that retrenchment notices had been issued to workers.  It had also indicated earlier this month that the employees to be retrenched would be offered a severance package of one week for each completed year of service.  The retrenchment of around 400 employees comes after the SABC initially announced in June the possibility of 600 employees facing retrenchment.  On Sunday, the SABC Section 192 Movement claimed the new structure on the table had been imposed by management through a “procedurally unfair and unjust process”.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard at Independent News
• Read too, SABC presses ahead with hundreds of retrenchments, at EWN

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