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Jacob Zuma on deadline to appoint new SABC board
Zuma under fire for dragging his feet on SABC Board appointments, but presidency insists all is in order and rumours the President has a vested interest are impish
President Jacob Zuma has no intention of manipulating the process of appointing board members to the SABC to ensure that his preferred candidates get the positions, the presidency said in a statement on Sunday. Pressure is mounting for Zuma to appoint the board members as the Economic Freedom Fighters have written to him giving him seven days — which expires on Monday — to make the appointments as recommended by Parliament failing which the party will instruct its lawyers to take the matter to court. The presidency’s statement was in response to a report in City Press which stated that Zuma wants to control the SABC and was delaying the announcement of a new board so that he and Communications Minister Ayanda Dlodlo could appoint their own people to the critical positions of CEO, chief financial officer and chief operating officer. The now dissolved interim SABC board has already conducted interviews and recommended appointments for these positions, but Dlodlo is not satisfied with ...
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