ACTING CEO DEFENDS APPOINTMENTS
SABC to fight public protector findings in high court
The SABC has approached the high court to challenge the findings of the public protector’s damning 2014 report, which led to Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s fall from grace at the public broadcaster. This was confirmed by acting CEO James Aguma, who appeared in Parliament on Tuesday to defend the SABC’s decision to sign new contracts despite the public broadcaster’s board not being quorate. SABC officials were in Parliament to discuss the public broadcaster’s 2015-16 annual report, which shows it recorded a R411m loss. Aguma said the delegation-of-authority framework allowed the public broadcaster’s executives to conclude deals. But the board has no nonexecutive members after most resigned in 2016 following a breakdown in governance. Aguma denied wrongdoing, saying all decisions were legal. The portfolio committee on communications began deliberating on Tuesday about the names of candidates to serve on an interim board, which will have five members appointed for six months. A new permanent boar...
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