TWO SABC board members dropped a bombshell during an emergency meeting of Parliament’s communications portfolio committee on Wednesday, when they tendered their resignations, saying the board was dysfunctional.During the meeting Krish Naidoo and Vusi Mavuso distanced themselves from the SABC board presentation to MPs justifying the reappointment of former chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng as group executive for corporate affairs.Naidoo and Mavuso told MPs they were not party to the presentation. They said his appointment was procedurally flawed and unlawful.This means that the board, which is on the brink of being dissolved, now has only four members, meaning it cannot reach a quorum or take crucial decisions. The board is meant to have 12 members, and needs nine for a quorum.In 2014, disgraced former board chairman Ellen Tshabalala resigned after a fake-qualifications scandal and Bongani Khumalo stood down after several run-ins with Communications Minister Faith Muthambi. T...
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