The CEO Initiative Pledge signed by Black Business Council CEO Mohale Ralebitso does not reflect the views of the BBC, says its newly elected head of policy, Mzwanele Manyi. "There is a discrepancy between the BBC position and that pledge," Manyi said this week. The pledge was widely seen as an attack on the decision of the National Prosecuting Authority to prosecute Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. "We stand against ... politically motivated prosecutions that cannot satisfy the public interest test," it said. "We stand ... for the rule of law and against the decision to prosecute the minister ... on charges that are ... without factual or legal foundation." On Tuesday, two days after the pledge was published in the Sunday newspapers, Ralebitso announced his resignation. Said Manyi: "I am totally against this kangaroo democracy of public opinion in this CEOs pledge. "The BBC welcomes the fact that [national director of public prosecutions] Shaun Abrahams has confirmed that there was...
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