SABC tunes out to Parliament’s spending claims
A payment schedule shows that the broadcaster rushed through several payments to lawyers and production firms in November and December, writes Stephan Hofstatter
Shortly before the festive season, top executives at the SABC quietly authorised suspect contracts and forward payments worth millions of rand. A payment schedule shows that several payments to lawyers, production companies and other service providers were rushed through in November and December. Infonomix — a company the SABC isn’t supposed to do business with because its tax affairs aren’t in order — was paid more than R5m upfront on December 12 to redesign seven websites as part of a five-year contract. Audit firm SekelaXabiso started work nearly three months before it signed a contract with the SABC. It also sent proforma invoices to the SABC before a formal contract was signed. Former SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s lawyer Zola Majavu was paid R1m; Nigiza Horner Attorneys, which handled a slew of questionable labour dispute cases for the SABC, was paid R1.2m; and Mchunu Attorneys, the firm that cleared Motsoeneng of wrongdoing despite damning findings by former...
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