Two Yfm women DJs suspended after refusing to work on Women’s Day should be reinstated, the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) said on Thursday.
”All they wanted to do was go to Pretoria for the Women’s Day celebrations,” said ANCYL spokesperson Zizi Kodwa.
DJs Unathi Nkayi and Cleo Meshoro were reportedly suspended on Monday for refusing to work on Wednesday. They now face a disciplinary hearing.
Kodwa said: ”We condemn this unfortunate act by the Yfm management and hope that the suspension will be lifted immediately.”
Kodwa said Yfm’s decision for male employees to be off on Women’s Day and for female employees to work was an odd one.
”It should have been the other way around. Female employees should have been given the right to choose what they thought was best for them on Women’s Day.”
Kodwa added that a public apology by station management was also needed.
News reports quoted Nkayi as saying she objected to management on Friday upon learning that male DJs at the station had been given Women’s Day off.
She and Meshoro apparently complained because they were not consulted about having to work on Women’s Day. On Monday, the pair learnt that they had been suspended.
Yfm marketing coordinator Maete Lekgetha said he could not comment as there had not yet been a hearing. ”We want to sort this out and take responsibility, but until the hearing, if there will be one, we cannot comment,” he said. — Sapa