MultiChoice bleeding senior staff

[Jan]

MultiChoice executive exodus

The exodus of senior personnel at South African pay-TV giant MultiChoice has continued in 2021, with two more executives leaving the company in the last few weeks.

In an email sent to employees on Thursday, Group CEO Calvo Mawela announced that MultiChoice Africa Holdings (MAH) CEO Brand De Villiers is leaving the company to pursue other business interests.

De Villiers, a qualified Chartered Accountant, served for nearly six years at MultiChoice.

He began his stint as Strategy and New Business Director in December 2015 and was appointed as MAH CEO in January 2017.

De Villiers will be replaced by the current Director of MultiChoice Africa Southern Region, Fhulu Badugela, starting from 1 August.

 

[Thor]

Might be a good thing.

Multichoice was a scam under De Villiers, so I give the new guys the benefit of the doubt.

 

[rpm]

Might be a good thing. Multichoice was a scam under De Villiers, so I give the new guys the benefit of the doubt.

You must explain. He was head of MultiChoice Africa. The CEO of the company remains in place.

 

[Dups!]

Might be a good thing.

Multichoice was a scam under De Villiers, so I give the new guys the benefit of the doubt.

Interesting point of view.

You must explain. He was head of MultiChoice Africa. The CEO of the company remains in place.

I see the CEO has been there since 2018, the rot started way before.

 

[Y'all Qaeda]

Mmmmm... I see a trend with the new hires.
I think the reason the other were leaving becomes more clear.

 

[Thor]

You must explain. He was head of MultiChoice Africa. The CEO of the company remains in place.

I will need to check my facts to make sure, my understanding is that De Villiers was part of the group of execs that tried to pressure ICASA to force Netflix out of SA.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

So looking at the photos in the article it is OUT with the whites and IN for the non whites Yeah that always fixes everything, just look at our SOE's.
Multichoice must fall

 

[daveza]

 

[kwaggawerner]

Mmmmm... I see a trend with the new hires.
I think the reason the other were leaving becomes more clear.

White out, Black in?

 

[lexis]

Maybe the hyper local approach?

 

[rvZA]

Shem....

 

[fragtion]

"Non-racial society" hey, "fair representation", they said... Comical, really

 

[KSM93]

"Non-racial society" hey, "fair representation", they said... Comical, really

So you want whites to be overrepresented.

 

[R13...]

So you want whites to be overrepresented.

"Everything is about race, except when I bring it up"

 

[Lupus]

So for every 10 execs they need 1 white guy, 1 coloured guy, 1/2 an Indian, 1/4 Asian.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic, Broadcast TV with endless commercials, repeats and watching according to somebody else clock, is dead
streaming is the way of the future, legacy models like SABC/monochoice are a dying breed.

 

[Lupus]

rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic, Broadcast TV with endless commercials, repeats and watching according to somebody else clock, is dead
streaming is the way of the future, legacy models like SABC/monochoice are a dying breed.

Actually it's not dead in SA, not just yet. A lot of people don't have internet connectivity or rely on expensive wireless tech. There are also the older generation who will endlessly watch the same channel. I know I had my MIL here for 3 weeks.

 

[wbot]

I don't get why people are now making this a racial issue?

 

[Geoff.D]

So you want whites to be overrepresented.

All we ask for is competence. But we know that is an ask beyond belief with the current personnel plan.

 

[My_King]

Cloudy still there?