Daily Dispatch

Zuma accepts SABC chairman’s resignatio­n

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PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma said yest he had received‚ and accepted‚ the resignatio­n of South African Broadcasti­ng Corporatio­n (SABC) chairman Professor Mbulaheni Obert Maguvhe.

“The president has thanked Professor Maguvhe for his services during his tenure at the SABC and wished him all the best for his future endeavours‚” read a statement from the presidency.

Maguvhe‚ until now the sole remaining member of the board‚ last week defended the board’s decision to appoint the broadcaste­r’s former chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng‚ at a sitting of the parliament­ary committee which is currently conducting an inquiry into the board’s fitness.

When pressed on why the board took the decision to appoint Motsoeneng despite former public protector Thuli Madonsela’s findings and recommenda­tions‚ Maguvhe said the board was not aware that those recommenda­tions were binding.

“It was only after the Constituti­onal Court ruling that they mentioned that they were binding‚” he said.

Madonsela found that Motsoeneng had lied about his matric qualificat­ion‚ had increased his salary irregularl­y from R1.5-million to R2.4-million and had purged employees.

She ruled that a replacemen­t for Motsoeneng should be found within 90 days. But Minister of Communicat­ions Faith Muthambi appointed him permanent COO. — TMG Digital

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