FAULTY TOWERS
Insiders spill the beans on King Hlaudi's rotten empire
The politically connected Gupta family attempted to take complete control of SABC news prior to the launch of their news channel, ANN7
Details of the despotic reign of former SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng were laid bare in parliament moments after the Cape Town High Court ruled that his latest appointment was unlawful. As allegations emerged that the politically connected Gupta family attempted to take complete control of SABC news prior to the launch of their news channel, ANN7, a former staff member warned that SABC management was “killing” the public broadcaster. And SABC journalists fired for disobeying Motsoeneng‘s decision to not show protest footage on SABC channels spoke of a culture of fear in which his decisions were backed by “enforcers”.Puzzled members of parliament asked how Motsoeneng, who lied about having a matric qualification, managed to rule the SABC seemingly unchecked. Sipho Masinga, a former SABC IT executive, told the inquiry that Nazeem Howa, former CEO of Gupta-owned Oakbay Investments, presented the SABC with a three-page document detailing plans for the company to take over the public broadc...
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