Hlaudi Motsoeneng at an SABC presentation to the communications portfolio committee in Parliament in March 2015.
The SABC has lost its bid to appeal a Western Cape High Court decision, which found that Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s appointment as group executive of corporate affairs was unlawful.
On Tuesday, Judge Owen Rogers said in his judgment that Motsoeneng should not be allowed to hold any position at the public broadcaster.
In a case brought by the Democratic Alliance, the high court ruled in December that Motsoeneng must be removed from his position at the SABC.
Rogers said that Motsoeneng cannot be re-appointed unless the public protector’s report on the SABC is set aside and that no other court could reasonably rule that he should be re-instated.
“We do not think there is any reasonable prospect of another court reaching different conclusions on the issues raised in the application for leave to appeal,” Rogers said.