SABC board members in firing line if they make Motsoeneng boss again
PUBLIC Protector Thuli Madonsela says her office will scrutinise former SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s reappointment to his earlier job.The public broadcaster announced on Tuesday that he was once again group corporate affairs executive.And it said Motsoeneng could apply for the post of chief operating officer when it was advertised.Motsoeneng indicated at once that he would.READ THIS: Hlaudi Motsoeneng will apply for his old SABC jobThe Cape Town High Court set aside his permanent appointment as chief operating officer as invalid, and the Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed with costs his application for leave to appeal.The Cape court’s ruling was based on the public protector finding that Motsoeneng lied about having matric and that he had increased his salary irregularly.On hearing the news of Motsoeneng’s resuming the post of group corporate affairs executive, Madonsela said her office would ask the SABC about processes followed: "What was the process of appointi...
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