Fire Faith Muthambi, opposition parties demand
MPs urge the president to fire Muthambi, saying she violated the Constitution
Emboldened by the adoption of the final report into the mess at the SABC on Tuesday, opposition parties called for the sacking of Communications Minister Faith Muthambi, saying that she had wilfully violated the Constitution. The National Assembly formally adopted the report by the parliamentary ad hoc committee that probed the issues at the public broadcaster. Muthambi, who has been blamed for the crisis at the SABC, was not in Parliament on Tuesday as MPs debated the report. Significantly, the report suggests President Jacob Zuma should "reconsider" Muthambi’s "desirability" in the Cabinet. Members of the ad hoc committee have suggested that Muthambi might have violated the Constitution by, among other things, acting in a way that "improperly" benefited Hlaudi Motsoeneng, the former chief operating officer. Motsoeneng, who featured prominently during witness testimony, has also been blamed for the mess at the public broadcaster. During hearings in December, witnesses alleged that ...
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