James Aguma is not entirely off the hook, says SABC board
The suspended acting CE resigned in the middle of a disciplinary process related to Hlaudi Motsoeneng
Although the SABC has accepted former acting CEO James Aguma’s resignation‚ he is not completely off the hook. “We have said that we have handed over a number of matters to the Speical Investigating Unit (SIU) [and] some of them relate to some of the charges around dishonesty and possible criminal activities,” SABC interim board chairperson Khanyisile Kweyama said. “The SIU will conduct the process and not ourselves.” She was speaking at the SABC’s headquarters in Johannesburg on Wednesday‚ just hours after Aguma‚ who was also the public broadcaster’s chief financial officer‚ tendered his resignation from his two positions. The DA’s Mike Waters said the party welcomed Aguma’s resignation, but his "decision to resign instead of facing a disciplinary hearing does not mean he is going to be let off the hook for his part in the institutional breakdown at the SABC". The Pan Africanist Congress said it found the resignation “suspicious and questionable”. Aguma was facing 10 disciplinary c...
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