The Western Cape High Court is on Monday expected to rule on Parliament’s communications committee’s inquiry into SABC chairwoman Ellen Tshabalala’s academic qualifications.<\/p>\n
Tshabalala obtained the interim interdict on October 23, halting the inquiry into whether she lied about her academic qualifications.<\/p>\n
The announcement was made during a meeting of Parliament’s portfolio committee on communications, which was due to start the inquiry.<\/p>\n
“On October 22, Ms Tshabalala’s legal representatives served a notice of motion on the following: the Speaker of the National Assembly, the portfolio committee on communications, the president of the Republic of South Africa and the minister of communications,” committee chairwoman Joyce Moloi-Moropa said at the time.<\/p>\n
The notice of motion asked the court to determine whether the proceedings before the committee were a disciplinary hearing or not.<\/p>\n
MPs insisted they were merely conducting an inquiry, but Tshabalala said it was taking the form of a disciplinary hearing.<\/p>\n
Tshabalala is accused of misrepresenting her academic qualifications when applying for the SABC job.<\/p>\n
She stated on her CV that she had a BComm degree from the University of SA (Unisa) and a post-graduate degree in labour relations.<\/p>\n
Unisa has since stated that, according to its records, she had neither of these qualifications.<\/p>\n
SABC chair failed most of her modules at Unisa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Background check proves SABC chair has no degree<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n