SABC board must review Motsoeneng appointment, ANC NEC says
ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe on Monday said the party’s national executive committee (NEC) had called on the SABC’s board to review the decision to appoint Hlaudi Motsoeneng. The ANC NEC also agreed on the need for a Parliamentary inquiry into the SABC board’s fitness to hold office‚ he told a media briefing. Motsoeneng’s appointment as group executive of corporate affairs‚ when his previous appointment as chief operating officer was ruled invalid‚ has been highly controversial. The annual report released by the public broadcaster late last week revealed that Motsoeneng had received a huge salary hike‚ taking his annual package from R3.8m to R4.2m in the past financial year. In a statement, the NEC also said it would take action against politicians who used the party to enrich themselves. "To deal with the scourges of factionalism‚ disunity and corruption‚ the NEC has called for stronger consequence management within the ANC. Discipline within the ANC must stringently enforc...
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