Allegations of misconduct at Media Divesity and Development Agency
The CEO of the embattled Media Diversity and Development Agency (MDDA)‚ Donald Liphoko‚ has been axed after the board leveled allegations of misconduct against him. However, serious allegations of misconduct have‚ in turn‚ been leveled at the board itself. Now there’s talk of an inquiry to try to resolve long-standing problems plaguing the agency. Liphoko confirmed on Friday that his secondment to the agency had been rescinded and that he was still "trying to process this". In May‚ Communications Minister Ayanda Dlodlo sent him to the agency and his axing makes him the seventh acting CEO to be fired in three years, with the reasons for his dismissal still not yet clear. In August, problems at the agency came to a head when Liphoko accused the board of "institutionalising a culture of intimidation" during a briefing of the parliamentary portfolio committee on communication. The committee media reports reveal multiple letters of complaint from MDDA staffers over a period of several mo...
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