The SABC on Thursday announced “strategic appointments in line with its commitment to gender equity”.<\/p>\n
Jimi Mathews has been appointed as Group Executive in the News and Current Affairs division, spokesman Kaizer Kganyago told Sapa.<\/p>\n
Mathews was previously appointed in an acting capacity in this division.<\/p>\n
The rest of the appointments were women.<\/p>\n
The public broadcaster announced that Nothando Maseko was appointed as the Head of Television News.<\/p>\n
Maseko, who was the former Executive Producer for Morning Live, would be Mathews’ understudy until he leaves.<\/p>\n
Sebolelo Ditlhakanyane, the former Regional Editor in the Northern Cape, would head the broadcaster’s Radio News division.<\/p>\n
The broadcaster announced that Bessie Tugwana had been appointed as Head of Sport while Sully Motsweni was appointed as Group Executive: Stakeholder Relations and Provinces.<\/p>\n
The appointments would be effective from December 1.<\/p>\n
Women within the SABC would now constitute the majority of the broadcaster’s Operations Executive Committee, Kganyago said.<\/p>\n
The SABC reported on its website on Thursday that Chief Operating Officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng said the appointments were an indication that the broadcaster was committed to gender equality.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m happy that we have appointed four women in these strategic positions,” Motsoeneng was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n
“By appointing women to the upper echelon of management, it shows that the SABC takes women seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n
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