DA keeping watch to see if Hlaudi Motsoeneng arrives for work after court ruling
Beleaguered SABC boss Hlaudi Motsoeneng might have another ace up his sleeve after the High Court in Cape Town removed him from his cushy job. The DA will be watching closely to see whether he pitches for work after lunch on Monday. SABC spokesman Kaizer Kganyago said lawyers were poring over the judgment "line by line". The DA succeeded in its bid to have the controversial group executive of corporate affairs removed from his post, and to have a fresh disciplinary process instituted against him. "I am told that our lawyers are studying the judgment and they will give us advice after studying the judgment‚" said Kganyago. "They are going through it line by line. At this point we cannot comment further than that." The court action emanated from former public protector Thuli Madonsela’s 2014 report. Madonsela found that Motsoeneng had abused his power and increased his salary from R1.5m to R2.4m within a year. Madonsela’s other damning findings included that Motsoeneng lied about his ...
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