Group executives of the SABC walked out a little worse for wear after the Standing Committee of Public Accounts (Scopa) briefing on the state broadcaster’s annual report on Wednesday. One MP in particular‚ the ANC’s Mnyamezeli Booi‚ laid into acting CEO James Aguma for a section of the report that detailed a skills programme for further training for supply chain management employees. "You are saying that you are trying to ‘upskill’ people to improve on procurement — but we see from our own research where issues of HR [concern] have been opened up by our researchers‚" Booi said. "There hasn’t been good assessment of the people who you are employing. Some of them have criminal records‚ and some don’t have certificates. Now‚ who are you really training? And who are we talking to? Who are these 3‚000 and something people we are dealing with?" Booi said some of the individuals he was referring to did not have verified citizenship‚ and emphasised that the problem surrounding the appropria...
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