Communications minister Faith Muthambi has described the timing of the resignation of acting SABC CEO Jimi Matthews as “suspect” and hit out at him for not raising his grievances with her office. In a statement issued on Tuesday
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The Right2Know campaign on Monday welcomed the resignation of acting SABC CEO Jimi Matthews. “The stormy departure of someone as senior as the CEO is telling of just how bad things have become at the broadcaster, and it shows
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Three SABC employees who were served with suspension letters for allegedly contravening an order by the public broadcaster not to cover protest actions are taking the broadcaster and its chief operating officer
Three SABC journalists have taken their boss, chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng, to task over his censorship of the news and for his decision to suspend three of their colleagues. In a strongly worded letter addressed to
Veteran journalist and SABC acting CEO Jimi Matthews has quit, saying in his resignation letter that what is happening at the state-owned broadcaster is “wrong” and that he can “no longer be a part of it”. Matthews tweeted a copy
The SABC on Wednesday announced the suspension of its group CEO, Frans Matlala, four months after he was appointed. Spokesman for the public broadcaster Kaizer Kganyago said Matlala
The Democratic Alliance on Friday accused the SABC of imposing a “blackout” on a news report involving one of the broadcaster’s senior officials. “An analysis of media reports indicates an SABC news blackout on the issue of SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s salary,” Democratic
SABC boss Hlaudi Motsoeneng gave the broadcaster’s acting news head Jimi Matthews a dressing down in front of staff this week at a meeting about leaks from within the corporation. Motsoeneng, who is the SABC’s acting chief operating officer, called a meeting on Tuesday with news staff and warned them they would face consequences
You don’t get a more hardened hack than Jimi Matthews, who as cameraman and journalist for international media organisations during South Africa’s violent transition saw more bodies than is probably good for anyone. So what does the respected Matthews, who is now acting group executive