TechCentralTechCentral
    Facebook Twitter YouTube LinkedIn
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn YouTube
    TechCentralTechCentral
    NEWSLETTER
    • News

      Fixing SA’s power crisis is not complex: it simply takes the will to do better

      12 August 2022

      Consortium makes unsolicited bid for state’s 40% stake in Telkom

      12 August 2022

      Actually, solar users should pay more to access the grid – here’s why

      12 August 2022

      Telkom says MTN talks remain on track

      12 August 2022

      Analysis | Rain muddies the waters with approach to Telkom

      11 August 2022
    • World

      Tencent woes mount, even after $560-billion selloff

      12 August 2022

      Huawei just booked its first sales rise since US blacklisting

      12 August 2022

      Apple remains upbeat about iPhone sales even as Android world suffers

      12 August 2022

      Ether at two-month high as upgrade to blockchain passes major test

      12 August 2022

      Gaming industry’s fortunes fade as pandemic ends

      11 August 2022
    • In-depth

      African unicorn Flutterwave battles fires on multiple fronts

      11 August 2022

      The length of Earth’s days has been increasing – and no one knows why

      7 August 2022

      As Facebook fades, the Mad Men of advertising stage a comeback

      2 August 2022

      Crypto breaks the rules. That’s the point

      27 July 2022

      E-mail scams are getting chillingly personal

      17 July 2022
    • Podcasts

      Qush on infosec: why prevention is always better than cure

      11 August 2022

      e4’s Adri Führi on encouraging more women into tech careers

      10 August 2022

      How South Africa can woo more women into tech

      4 August 2022

      Book and check-in via WhatsApp? FlySafair is on it

      28 July 2022

      Interview: Why Dell’s next-gen PowerEdge servers change the game

      28 July 2022
    • Opinion

      No reason South Africa should have a shortage of electricity: Ramaphosa

      11 July 2022

      Ntshavheni’s bias against the private sector

      8 July 2022

      South Africa can no longer rely on Eskom alone

      4 July 2022

      Has South Africa’s advertising industry lost its way?

      21 June 2022

      Rob Lith: What Icasa’s spectrum auction means for SA companies

      13 June 2022
    • Company Hubs
      • 1-grid
      • Altron Document Solutions
      • Amplitude
      • Atvance Intellect
      • Axiz
      • BOATech
      • CallMiner
      • Digital Generation
      • E4
      • ESET
      • Euphoria Telecom
      • IBM
      • Kyocera Document Solutions
      • Microsoft
      • Nutanix
      • One Trust
      • Pinnacle
      • Skybox Security
      • SkyWire
      • Tarsus on Demand
      • Videri Digital
      • Zendesk
    • Sections
      • Banking
      • Broadcasting and Media
      • Cloud computing
      • Consumer electronics
      • Cryptocurrencies
      • Education and skills
      • Energy
      • Fintech
      • Information security
      • Internet and connectivity
      • Internet of Things
      • Investment
      • IT services
      • Motoring and transport
      • Public sector
      • Science
      • Social media
      • Talent and leadership
      • Telecoms
    • Advertise
    TechCentralTechCentral
    Home»News»What’s next for Hlaudi Motsoeneng

    What’s next for Hlaudi Motsoeneng

    News By Agency Staff12 December 2016
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Telegram Email
    Hlaudi Motsoeneng

    A new court-ordered disciplinary committee needs to clear Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s name and a public protector’s report needs to be overturned on review for him to lawfully work at the SABC.

    The new disciplinary committee will be chaired by a person ordered by the court, based on names submitted by the Democratic Alliance, the public protector and the SABC; and the parties have to agree to the candidate, the Western Cape high court ruled on Monday.

    The DA had applied to have Motsoeneng’s latest appointment as group executive of corporate affairs declared invalid after Bessie Tugwana was moved to his old position as chief operating officer to make way for him after that appointment was declared invalid.

    A timeline of two weeks has been set aside for the parties to agree on a chairman to head the new disciplinary committee and the court will issue a supplementary order to give force to that decision.

    The new disciplinary committee will have two months from the start date to finish its work and if not, the court must be informed within a week by an acting CEO or COO at the SABC.

    The proceedings must be open to the public and the media.

    The committee must also examine additional information that surfaced during Motsoeneng’s supreme court of appeal application to overturn a previous court finding that his application as COO was invalid.

    These included alleged abuse of power, unauthorised salary increments and dishonesty about his qualifications.

    Reading the judgment, judge Owen Rogers also declared the appointment of Tugwana as acting CEO to make way for Motsoeneng as group executive of corporate affairs unlawful and invalid.

    Any decisions Tugwana made before Monday’s judgment in that position will remain valid however.

    Rogers and colleague Andre Le Grange, who was not present for the judgment, also declared the SABC board inquorate.

    The court said with regards to Motsoeneng’s appointment as group executive of corporate affairs, the SABC had, through CEO James Aguma, violated its constitutional obligations to assist and protect the public protector’s office and ensure its dignity and effectiveness.

    The court also found that the serving of papers on him was valid and rejected his argument that it was not valid because they had been served in Cape Town instead of Johannesburg, where he is based.

    The court found that there was nothing stopping him from instructing his attorneys to accept the papers in Cape Town.

    Motsoeneng has been ordered to pay his own costs with regards to defending his invalid appointment as group executive of corporate affairs.

    A delighted Mmusi Maimane welcomed the judgment. “His next move is to go to jail,” said the DA leader.

    News24

    Bessie Tugwana Hlaudi Motsoeneng James Aguma Mmusi Maimane SABC
    Share. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Telegram Email
    Previous ArticleCEO matchmaking: $150m start-up eyes SA
    Next Article Motsoeneng’s next move should be to jail: DA

    Related Posts

    Fixing SA’s power crisis is not complex: it simply takes the will to do better

    12 August 2022

    Consortium makes unsolicited bid for state’s 40% stake in Telkom

    12 August 2022

    Actually, solar users should pay more to access the grid – here’s why

    12 August 2022
    Add A Comment

    Comments are closed.

    Promoted

    Get your brand in front of TechCentral’s amazing audience

    12 August 2022

    Pricing Beyond CMYK: printers answer the FAQs

    11 August 2022

    How secure is your cloud?

    10 August 2022
    Opinion

    No reason South Africa should have a shortage of electricity: Ramaphosa

    11 July 2022

    Ntshavheni’s bias against the private sector

    8 July 2022

    South Africa can no longer rely on Eskom alone

    4 July 2022

    Subscribe to Updates

    Get the best South African technology news and analysis delivered to your e-mail inbox every morning.

    © 2009 - 2022 NewsCentral Media

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.