Lulama Mokhobo

The SABC’s chief executive Lulama Mokhobo says she will not be paid out for the remainder of her contract, after she resigned from the post.

SABC is to announce the resignation of its group CEO, Lulama Mokhobo in a fresh controversy for the state broadcaster.

The SABC has been unable to confirm or deny rumours that its chief executive officer Lulama Mokhobo has resigned.

Disciplinary steps could be on the cards after SABC news chief Phil Molefe and his boss, Lulama Mokhobo, failed to see eye to eye.

The SABC board has decided to support Lulama Mokhobo’s bid to view the news diary and stifle independent journalism.

There seems to be no end to the disputes at the SABC, especially over editorial independence as chief executive and head of news clash yet again.

Factional spats in the ANC and tripartite alliance are behind the latest turmoil at the SABC, with the head of news being placed on "special leave".

The ANC Youth League has called SABC news head Phil Molefe’s special leave politically motivated, while the DA called for an inquiry into the matter.

He dismisses rumours that he is unhappy at not being appointed chief executive permanently.

Supporters say SABC’s chief operations officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng is being smeared because he is rooting out corruption.

The SABC’s new boss chaired a mining company that went into meltdown, in which controversial Thai billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra played a role.

After much infighting between the SABC board and shareholders, Lulama Mokhobo has been appointed as the SABC’s new group chief executive officer.

Former SABC public broadcasting division chief Lulama Mokhobo is emerging strongly as government’s candidate to succeed acting CEO Robin Nicholson.