DA backs ANC’s call for inquiry into SABC board’s fitness to hold office
THE DA has backed an ANC’s call for a "parliamentary inquiry into the fitness of the SABC board to hold office".However, the opposition party also expressed reservations that the ruling party’s position was a "public relations stunt to save the ANC from another embarrassment in the eyes of the people of SA"."The announcement by the ANC chief whip‚ Jackson Mthembu‚ must be put into action‚" said the DA’s Phumzile van Damme.On Wednesday Mthembu lambasted the SABC board’s decision to reappoint Hlaudi Motsoeneng to another position — head of corporate affairs — and called for a parliamentary inquiry into the broadcaster’s conduct.He said he was "gravely concerned" about the situation at the public broadcaster as the "shenanigans" were cause for embarrassment‚ and stressed that whatever protection Motsoeneng enjoyed at the SABC was not coming from the ANC.Van Damme said the inquiry was "much-needed"‚ but appeared to make a swipe at the ruling party‚ saying "the DA has repeatedly called f...
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