‘Absorb laid off workers,’ SABC board tells Ndabeni-Abrahams
Board chair suggestion that some employees can be absorbed by the department of communications
03 February 2021 - 20:26
UPDATED 04 February 2021 - 23:41
The SABC, which is at loggerheads with communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams over planned retrenchments at the public broadcaster, has told the government to consider taking on some of its employees who are set to be offloaded in its cost-cutting drive.
In a letter to communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, seen by Business Day, SABC board chair Bongumusa Makhathini said that some employees could be absorbed by the department of communications or other government departments...
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