MINISTER of Communications Faith Muthambi has confirmed, in response to a Parliamentary question from the DA, that the SABC reached an out-of-court settlement with its former group CE Frans Matlala.The settlement was reached in July, a day before Matlala was due to appear before a disciplinary committee. He was suspended in November last year, just four months after taking up the post. No reasons were given for his suspension, but he was quoted at the time as saying that he was ordered to stop helping the Treasury with an investigation into a controversial TV studio procurement deal by the public broadcaster.The SABC in July refused to confirm whether or not it had settled with Matlala, saying it did not comment on employee matters.Muthambi’s department, in reply to the question from the DA on settlements reached with employees in all entities reporting to her, confirmed the settlements with Matlala, SABC chief audit executive Lorraine Francois, its head of legal services and its he...
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