Two more SABC board members have resigned, leaving the board of the troubled broadcaster with just one member — chairman Mbulaheni Maguvhe. The news that Nomvuyo Mhlakaza and Aaron Tshidzumba were stepping down emerged ahead of an ad hoc committee meeting “for the first time” to elect a chairperson to deal with the inquiry into the fitness to hold office of the remaining members of the board. The Presidency announced on Tuesday that President Jacob Zuma had received and accepted their resignations, with immediate effect. Parliament is preparing to hold an inquiry into the fitness to hold office of the remaining SABC board members. The inquiry is scheduled to get under way before the end of November. With only one board member remaining it was unclear whether the inquiry would continue as planned. The newly elected chairman of the ad hoc committee, Vincent Smith, suggested on Tuesday that it would, because as far as the committee was concerned “there are three board members”. “We can...
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