SABC’s Motsoeneng says court is ‘irrational’ in finding him liable for costs
Former SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng has said the decision to order him to pay costs, for which he has been found liable, is "arbitrary and/or irrational." Last week, Judge David Gush ordered that Motsoeneng, former head of news Simon Tebele, and the SABC be held liable for the costs, jointly and severally, in the applications made by trade unions Solidarity and the Broadcasting, Electronic, Media and Allied Workers Union (Bemawu), which saw seven journalists being reinstated at the public broadcaster. The journalists were fired after they spoke out against the controversial policy of not broadcasting protest action and the general culture in the newsroom under Motsoeneng's reign. Motsoeneng has now filed an application for leave to appeal the cost order. In his application, Motsoeneng said it was clear from Tebele’s affidavit that he, and not Motsoeneng, had been instructed by former acting CEO Jimi Matthews to suspend the journalists from their positions. Tebele’s...
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