Suspended SABC executive hit with additional charges at disciplinary hearing
Suspended SABC chief financial officer James Aguma’s legal representative has argued that additional charges brought against his client at his disciplinary hearing are pure victimisation. Arguing before the chairperson of the disciplinary hearing‚ Professor Taki Madima SC‚ at Werksmans Attorneys in Sandton on Tuesday‚ Aguma’s lawyer‚ Osborne Molatudi‚ argued for almost two hours that this would be an unfair hearing as his client was not given proper communication about the intention of the additional charges. "We see this as victimisation‚ no doubt. Nowhere in any of this correspondence will you find that the SABC [says] ‘[it is] reserving [its] right to conduct further investigation which may result in further charges being brought’‚" argued Molatudi. "The question as to whom‚ by whom and by when should you make those representations ... but what is important is that when you conduct an investigation which may or may not warrant a suspension of an employee‚ is that upon conclusion ...
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