SABC’s board like children, claims Hlaudi
AXED SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng says the current board at the public broadcaster should be held to account because it has “turned the SABC backwards”.
“As a new board‚ I don’t think [it] is capable to turn the SABC around because actually they have turned the SABC backwards.
“In this case‚ I don’t see any vision; I don’t see any strategy to bail out the SABC. What I see is people who are like children . . . waiting for Father Christmas to come.”
Motsoeneng was speaking at a media briefing in Johannesburg yesterday.
He said the new SABC board had not done anything to take the broadcaster forward.
“They talk about government guarantee. I’m the person who came up with a strategy.
“We got rid of government guarantee because we should not encourage people to get bail from government.
“They went on a public platform and today they are heroes‚ but for me‚ they are not.”
Motsoeneng said he was not given an opportunity to explain himself and the decisions he took at the public broadcaster but instead was labelled stupid.
“Everybody was saying Hlaudi is the cause of all these problems‚ from day one until the end. I was not given an opportunity to deal with such issues.”
Motsoeneng welcomed the proclamation made by President Jacob Zuma for the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate wrongdoing at the SABC.
“I’m happy that at last‚ there is proclamation because [ it] will give us a chance to deal with real issues.”