Muthambi misled us, MPs say after former SABC board member’s testimony
Testimony from Rachel Kalidass includes minutes of a late-night board meeting showing Communications Minister Faith Muthambi featured strongly in the decision to appoint Hlaudi Motsoeneng
Communications Minister Faith Muthambi has been accused of misleading a parliamentary inquiry into the crisis at the SABC. Muthambi appeared before the inquiry on Wednesday and denied that she had ever interfered in board matters or that she bullied the board into appointing Hlaudi Motsoeneng as permanent chief operating officer in 2014. The Broadcasting Act prevented her from interfering in board matters, the minister said. "I have a strong feeling the minister misled us yesterday and misrepresented a lot of facts, and I think we will have to take action when the time comes," said Makhosi Khoza, an ANC MP and a member of the parliamentary ad hoc committee looking into the crisis at the public broadcaster. ACDP MP Steve Swart, also a member of the committee, said evidence suggested Muthambi had interfered in board affairs and played a greater role in the appointment of Motsoeneng. Some committee members also felt that board meeting minutes presented by the SABC to the committee earl...
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