{"id":102979,"date":"2014-05-26T16:32:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T14:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=102979"},"modified":"2014-05-27T12:20:09","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T10:20:09","slug":"sabc-mum-on-damning-public-protector-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/102979-sabc-mum-on-damning-public-protector-report.html","title":{"rendered":"SABC mum on damning public protector report"},"content":{"rendered":"

SABC<\/a> acting COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng<\/a> is waiting to hear from his employers regarding a damning report by Public Protector Thuli Madonsela<\/a>, his lawyer said on Monday.<\/p>\n

“We are still waiting to hear from the SABC. I spoke to Hlaudi yesterday [Sunday], he has not heard from the board either,” said Motsoeneng’s lawyer Zola Majavu.<\/p>\n

In a report released in February, titled “When governance and ethics fail”, Madonsela found that Motsoeneng’s appointment at the public broadcaster and his salary progression were irregular.<\/p>\n

Madonsela urged then Communications Minister Yunus Carrim<\/a> to take urgent steps to fill the COO post within 90 days.<\/p>\n

The 90 days deadline has since lapsed.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, President Jacob Zuma announced the replacement of Carrim with Faith Muthambi<\/a> as minister of the newly restructured communications department.<\/p>\n

The new department is formed out of the SABC, Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa<\/a>), Government Communications and Information System (GCIS), Brand SA, and the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA).<\/p>\n

When asked on Monday whether the SABC board had taken any decision on Motsoeneng based on Madonsela’s report, spokesman Kaizer Kganyago<\/a> said: “I am not aware of anything regarding that.”<\/p>\n

Complaints against Motsoeneng were raised with Madonsela by former SABC staff — including former chief operations officer Charlotte Mampane and ex-SABC senior executive Phumelele Ntombela-Nzimande.<\/p>\n

He was also investigated for fraudulently misrepresenting his qualifications to the SABC, including claiming that he had passed matric when he applied for employment.<\/p>\n

Madonsela concluded that Motsoeneng irregularly and rapidly increased the salaries of various staff members, resulting in the state broadcaster footing an unprecedented salary bill escalation of R29 million.<\/p>\n

She recommended that the SABC board institute corrective action against the “dishonest” Motsoeneng.<\/p>\n

Motsoeneng, who has since been ordained as a priest, denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

He found support from a group of clerics and youth soon after the report was released.<\/p>\n

The clerics slammed Madonsela, and labelled her report as “scandalous” at a press briefing in Johannesburg in February.<\/p>\n

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