Johannesburg - Controversial SABC executive Hlaudi Motsoeneng has reportedly absorbed a second executive role amid a judgment handed down by the Western Cape High Court calling for an inquiry into his fitness to hold office.
Eyewitness News on Friday reported that Motsoeneng has taken up the position of executive responsible for radio - a role which requires the public broadcaster’s radio station managers to report to him.
The role was previously held by Leslie Ntloko, who resigned last week after allegedly being at loggerheads with Motsoeneng.
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Meanwhile, earlier on Friday a judgment was handed down by the Western Cape High Court, calling for a disciplinary inquiry into Motsoeneng’s fitness to hold office and for the inquiry to be presided over by a “new and independent chairperson”.
The DA welcomed the judgment, with MP James Selfe saying in a statement that Motsoeneng’s attempt at delaying the inevitable was found by the court to be a patent abuse of the court process and not in the public interest.
“Mr Motsoeneng cannot continue to serve at the SABC in any capacity, even in a position where he deems himself to be an ‘ordinary employee’,” he said further in the statement.
The SABC on Thursday held a press conference to respond to MPs' calls to dissolve the broadcaster’s board.
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The Portfolio Committee on Communications on Wednesday called for a formal parliamentary inquiry into the fitness of the SABC board amid the bombshell resignation of board members Krish Naidoo and Vusi Mavuso in the presence of MPs who are members of the Portfolio Committee on Communications.
MPs agreed that the current board should be dissolved as it is dysfunctional and ill-governed, neglecting its fiduciary duty towards the public.
But at a press conference on Thursday SABC board chairperson Professor Mbulaheni Maguvhe slammed MPs for implementing what he termed bullying tactics.
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Maguvhe also stood firm, saying that he's "going nowhere", while Motsoeneng told Fin24 that his role at the SABC would only be decided by the public broadcaster itself.
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