TimesLIVE reports that the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board has denied having taken a decision to "charge" group executive of news and current affairs Phathiswa Magopeni for her stance on retrenchments.  

The board was responding to a report published by Sunday World, which claimed it had decided to charge Magopeni for defying the broadcaster's resolution to implement retrenchments.  According to the newspaper, the board took the decision after Magopeni, during a heated internal meeting with news staffers, told them that she was abandoning retrenchments in the news division.  The board said on Monday that the article contained false, misleading and fictitious information about Magopeni.  The board said that apart from the fact that it could not involve itself in operational matters or editorial affairs, the newspaper - allegedly relying on information from “some board members" - had completely invented a board discussion, including the alleged charges levelled against Magopeni.  The board also pointed out that Magopeni did not report directly to it.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Ernest Mabuza at TimesLIVE

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