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/ 21 May 2008

Mpofu lawyer: SABC board statement is misleading

A statement by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board that it would challenge a court ruling against the suspension of CEO Dali Mpofu was ”misleading”, Mpofu’s lawyers said on Wednesday. ”The judgement … has not yet been signed by the judge and is therefore not yet available to either of the parties,” Mpofu’s lawyer, Sandile July, said.

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/ 20 May 2008

SABC to appeal Mpofu court ruling

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board will appeal a high court ruling setting aside the suspension of chief executive Dali Mpofu, board chairperson Khanyi Mkhonza said on Tuesday. ”After careful study of the judgement, the board has identified areas of concerns that we believe can only be clarified through the legal process,” she said.

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/ 16 May 2008

Judge questions SABC lawyers in Mpofu case

A Johannesburg High Court judge on Friday questioned the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board’s lawyers about the legality of CEO Dali Mpofu’s suspension. Hearing an urgent application from Mpofu challenging his suspension, Judge Moroa Tsoka put it to the respondents that there were discrepancies in their court papers.

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/ 15 May 2008

SABC: Suspension was last straw

South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) chief executive Dali Mpofu’s move to suspend his news chief Snuki Zikalala was the last straw that prompted his own suspension, according to court papers on Thursday. Mpofu has launched an urgent application with the Johannesburg High Court, to challenge his suspension last Wednesday.