The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal against part of a High Court judgment that SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng be suspended pending a disciplinary inquiry against him. The SCA has also rejected part of the Western Cape High Court ruling which said Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s rulings were[…]
The ANC on Thursday issued a warning to the SABC to ensure that it paid all its executives according to the budget stipulated by the National Treasury. “The SABC board should not operate outside the framework of commitments provided by the National Treasury. It is our view that economic trends[…]
South African Broadcasting Company (SABC) COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng has received a pay increase of almost R1m in the last year, the Democratic Alliance (DA) reported on Wednesday. His salary increased from R2.872m to R3.784m in this financial year, DA MP Gavin Davis said. He said the R912 000 pay rise[…]
We’ve lived with SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng for quite some time now, so we should be able to live with him for a bit longer. This was part of Advocate Norman Arendse’s response to a suggestion by Justice Mahomed Navsa in Motsoeneng’s Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) hearing[…]
SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng will challenge the Public Protector’s powers in a matter to be heard in the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein on Friday. His lawyer, Zola Majavu, said the heart of the matter was whether Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s recommendations were binding. “The issue that[…]
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) paid executives just more than R42.6m in golden handshakes over the past six years, Communications Minister Faith Muthambi has revealed. This is likely to raise more questions about the troubled broadcaster’s stability. The SABC has faced numerous issues in recent times, including acute financial,[…]
The media encourages young people to become criminals when it reports on crime, SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng has said in a television interview. But when asked if the same principle would apply to corruption, he paused before coming up with an answer. A clip of the interview on[…]
The South African Broadcasting Corporation admitted on Friday that a security audit had been conducted at its KwaZulu-Natal offices. “The process is a standard procedure to constantly identify the possible threats towards acts of terror, espionage and other related risks that have… the potential to impede the… running of the[…]
Questions are being asked about the process followed and the validity of the appointment of Frans Matlala, the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s new chief executive officer. The SABC, which is also limping along with a gutted board, hasn’t had a CEO for a year and five months since Lulama Mokhobo[…]
Frans Matlala has been appointed as the SABC’s new chief executive officer, saying “I need to acknowledge the honour I’ve been given”. Frans Matlala, a consultant to the public broadcaster for project management and strategic advisory services, has been a keen supporter of the SABC’s controversial and famously matric-less chief[…]
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