Political influence is tainting appointments to the SABC board, its former chairperson Kanyi Mkhonza said on Tuesday.
South African Broadcasting Corporation board chairperson Kanyi Mkhonza resigned following a board meeting on Thursday.
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board did not comply with its own rules when it suspended chief executive Dali Mpofu, the Johannesburg High Court heard on Friday. ”The SABC board acted before it complied with its own internal rules … the suspension cannot stand,” said Mpofu’s lawyer, advocate Vincent Maleka SC.
The presidency orchestrated South African Broadcasting Corporation CEO Dali Mpofu’s suspension, his lawyers claimed on Thursday. Mpofu is challenging his suspension in the Johannesburg High Court. Mpofu said board chairperson Kanyi Mkhonza was acting on an instruction to ”get rid of the CEO” issued by the Minister in the Presidency, Essop Pahad.
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Group CEO Dali Mpofu has been suspended, the public broadcaster’s board announced on Wednesday. The board said the allegations levelled against Mpofu ”include an alleged refusal and/or failure to abide and implement decisions of the board”. This follows the suspension of group executive of news and current affairs, Snuki Zikalala.