If there were a contest for the worst board of directors in the country, the SABC would win by a country mile. It remains the Usain Bolt of bungling, the Caster Semenya of incompetence — streets ahead of anyone else.But wait, not all the members of the nine-person board are the same.This weekend, reports detailed how two directors — Krish Naidoo and Vusi Mavuso — wrote to chairman Mbulaheni Maghuve demanding he axe Hlaudi Motsoeneng and acting CEO James Aguma.They argue that Aguma was "labouring under an incorrect understanding" if he believed he could simply appoint Motsoeneng as a corporate affairs executive, after Motsoeneng’s failed bid to challenge a court ruling setting aside his appointment as chief operating officer.Court ruling be damned, Aguma evidently thought, as he simply shifted Motsoeneng to another role. Naidoo and Mavuso say this "irrational and unlawful" appointment should be set aside and Aguma should be suspended.Quite why anyone with principles is still on the b...
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