Five fit and proper people required for SABC’s interim board
MPs are urgently looking for five qualified "fit and proper" candidates to run the SABC and be part of its interim board for the next six months. Those who apply must have an understanding of broadcasting and the legislation governing it. Parliament’s communications portfolio committee met on Tuesday for the first time in 2017 to discuss the appointment process of a new SABC interim board. Parliament could have the names of preferred candidates by the end of the week. They will be sent on to the National Assembly for confirmation and finally to President Jacob Zuma. The interim board will have its work cut out to stabilise the embattled public broadcaster. Communications portfolio committee chairperson Humphrey Maxegwana said: "We are not discussing names. We don’t have names. But we need people with qualifications that are relevant. People with legal expertise and people with knowledge of human resources. This is a space where issues of governance are very critical. Those are thing...
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