Names suggested for SABC board sent to Parliament, but not without controversy
DA and EFF communications committee members have objected to the appointment of Krish Naidoo and Febe Potgieter-Gqubule, saying they are ‘ANC operatives’
The beleaguered SABC is a step closer to having a permanent board after Parliament’s communications portfolio committee drew up a final list of the 12-member board on Tuesday, following much deliberation. The committee concluded interviews for the board positions on Friday. The proposed candidates for the board are: Khanyisile Kweyama, Nomvuyiso Batyi, Rachel Kalidass, Dinkwanyane Mohuba, Victor Rambau, Bongumusa Makhathini, Michael Markovitz, Jack Phalane, Mathatha Tsedu, John Matisonn, Krish Naidoo and Febe Potgieter-Gqubule. The names will be forwarded to the National Assembly for adoption. However, the final list was not unanimously agreed to by MPs, with opposition members from the DA and EFF particularly objecting to the appointment Naidoo and Potgieter-Gqubule, whom they labelled "ANC operatives". "The key problem at the SABC over the last decade or so was cadre deployment," DA MP Gavin Davis said.. "I want to oppose the deployment of political operatives because we think it’...
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