LEGAL COSTS
Former news boss backtracks on SABC 8 affidavit
Simon Tebele wants the Labour Court to disregard his affidavit in which he takes responsibility for the decision to axe the SABC 8
Former South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) news group executive Simon Tebele has asked the Labour Court to disregard his affidavit in which he takes responsibility for the decision to axe the SABC 8. Tebele’s affidavit is the document on which the legal team of former chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng based its argument that Motsoeneng was not responsible for the decision that resulted in seven journalists being fired and one journalist’s contract ending in 2016. The court is trying to determine who is responsible for the legal costs of the seven journalists. The court has reversed the dismissals of Foeta Krige, the late Suna Venter, Krivani Pillay and Jacques Steenkamp.
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