SABC faces legal action over Motsoeneng’s new position
Protector vows to scrutinise Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s reappointment in top structures of SABC
PUBLIC Protector Thuli Madonsela’s office will take legal action against the SABC board if it is found due process was not followed in Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s reappointment in top structures, this time as group executive of corporate affairs.Madonsela said her office would also make sure Motsoeneng’s appointment, announced on Tuesday, met all the requirements for the post and that the post had been vacant.If it was found that the re-appointment was improper, Madonsela said she would hold both Communications Minister Faith Muthambi and the SABC board liable for the costs of the court matter in their personal capacity."That is not just disrespectful of the public protector’s [office] but it is disrespectful of the courts of SA," she said.In 2014, Madonsela, in her report When Governance and Ethics Fail, found that Motsoeneng had fabricated his matric qualification and increased his salary irregularly from R1.5m to R2.4m in one year. In her remedial action she called on the SABC board to t...
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