SABC Inquiry
Why MPs decided not to call Hlaudi Motsoeneng
Parliament’s ad hoc committee feared opening ‘a can of worms’ and making a ‘demagogue’ of Motsoeneng if they invited him to give oral testimony
The ad hoc committee looking into the mess at the SABC has formally resolved not to invite Hlaudi Motsoeneng to provide oral testimony, despite vehement objections by the UDM. The issue was the first item on the agenda during the ad hoc committee’s meeting on Thursday to discuss the draft report on the hearings it conducted into the crisis at the public broadcaster. UDM chief whip Nqabayomzi Kwankwa said it was only fair to invite Motsoeneng, who has largely been blamed for the current crisis at the public broadcaster. He argued that former SABC chairs Ben Ngubane and Ellen Tshabalala‚ were invited to the inquiry to give them a chance to answer "damning allegations" made against them. Motsoeneng should equally be given the same chance‚ he said.
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