On report
Screws turned on Faith Muthambi and SABC top brass
Parliamentary committee’s findings on mismanagement at the public broadcaster turn the screws on the communications minister and SABC top brass
James Aguma put in a valiant effort to rebut damning findings made by the ad-hoc parliamentary committee that wrapped up its inquiry into mismanagement at the SABC this week. The acting CEO of the SABC submitted a 140-page document to the committee last week in response to its interim report, adopted in January. He accused the committee of being biased, adopting an “adversarial tone”, engaging in “Hlaudi Motsoeneng bashing”, and taking the side of disgruntled former board members, executives and managers with an axe to grind. He said the committee’s finding that the SABC had deviated from its mandate as public broadcaster under Aguma and former COO Motsoeneng should be treated “with the contempt it deserves”. This was probably the last straw. Aguma and former chairman Mbulaheni Maghuve have treated the committee with contempt since its proceedings kicked off in November. Committee chairman Vincent Smith told parliament last week that Aguma had turned up his nose at the chance to tes...
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