Mokhobo on lone mission to flush out Phil Molefe

SABC group CEO Lulala Mokhobo allegedly defied the board’s instruction to recall suspended head of news and current affairs Phil Molefe as she presses ahead with her bid to purge the SABC of her rivals.

The board had allegedly instructed her to recall Molefe from suspension as the corporation has no money to pay out his outstanding contractual seven years and will have no prospect of winning a case against him should the matter go to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration.

Instead Mokhobo drafted a letter with three charges against Molefe.

SABC insiders say Mokhobo is trying to send a clear message that Molefe will contest any disciplinary action against him at his peril.

After formulating the charges, Mokhobo took them to human resources manager Thabiso Lesala to sign off on the letter.

Lesala allegedly refused to sign and stated that he was not going to be party to being “used”.

Lesala could not be reached for comment.

Then Mokhobo signed charges herself, say sources.

She charged Molefe with failure to accept her authority as GCEO and of leaking SABC matters to the

the was told. Neither does he have any intention of quitting the SABC, sources have repeatedly said.

When Mokhobo suspended Molefe for the sec- aims to prevent private security companies from controlling sensitive information.

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