Browsing: Zandile Tshabalala

SABC board chair Zandile Tshabalala has turned on her own colleagues, warning them they will be investigated for the “nondisclosure of potential conflicts of interest” and for leaking “confidential information of the corporation”. She is appointing a panel of investigators to establish

Parliamentary meetings should only be held in-camera in exceptional circumstances and this should not become the norm, the Democratic Alliance said on Monday. “I have asked the chief whip of the DA to raise the issue of in-camera use

The Democratic Alliance’s bid to have the appointment of SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng set aside will be heard…

SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng should not be punished for a lie he told 19 years ago, the broadcaster said in court papers, according to The New Age on Thursday. SABC board chair Zandile Tshabalala denied that the broadcaster and communications minister Faith Muthambi rewarded “malfeasance” when permanently appointing

The SABC has paid around R42m in bonuses to its staff and middle management, the Sunday Times reported. According to the report, bonuses of R8 000 after tax were paid to 3 007 workers as part of a wage agreement with unions

SABC chair Zandile Tshabalala lied to parliament about her qualifications, City Press reported on Sunday. In her CV before the parliamentary portfolio committee on communications, Tshabalala said she graduated from Unisa with a BCom and a post-graduate diploma in labour relations. The claim

The magnitude of Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s power was revealed this week when cabinet was apparently told that his permanent appointment as SABC chief operating officer was not up for discussion. The Mail & Guardian was reliably told – by sources in government and the tripartite alliance – that a minister

A well-placed source gave the Mail & Guardian a blow-by-blow account of the hours before Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s permanent appointment was confirmed. The SABC board appoints the operations chief and the appointment has to be confirmed by the minister of communications. The source, speaking to the M&G

The SABC’s requirement to reply to the public protector’s report on its then acting chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng was unrelated to his permanent appointment, the public broadcaster said on Wednesday. “The public protector has nothing to do with this [permanent appointment of

There is no basis to suspend controversial SABC acting chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng, SABC board chair Zandile Tshabalala told MPs on Friday night. “We don’t have a basis for suspension because … in our case he performs,” Tshabalala said, briefing a joint sitting of parliament’s communications