{"id":115993,"date":"2014-12-18T11:42:30","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T09:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=115993"},"modified":"2014-12-18T12:23:38","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T10:23:38","slug":"why-i-resigned-ellen-tshabalala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/115993-why-i-resigned-ellen-tshabalala.html","title":{"rendered":"Why I resigned: Ellen Tshabalala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Ellen Tshabalala resign\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/115935-sabc-chair-ellen-tshabalala-resigns.html\"><strong>Ellen Tshabalala said that she resigned<\/strong><\/a> as SABC chairwoman because the ongoing controversy regarding her Unisa qualifications was taking its toll on her family. This is according to <a title=\"SABC chair resign\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/news\/politics\/why-i-resigned-tshabalala-1.1796705#.VJKedCuUdyR\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>a report in the Cape Times<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report Tshabalala said that she was definitely not pushed, and that she resigned out of her own will.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn consideration of all the negative (publicity in the media), the organisation naturally is bigger than me, so it is better to quit and solve all your other issues from outside,\u201d Tshabalala is quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s over now, it\u2019s behind me. I can focus on the things I really want in life,\u201d said Tshabalala. \u201cI\u2019ve been in business for years. So this is not like a lifeline for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday The Presidency announced the resignation Tshabalala. This followed parliament\u2019s recommendation that Tshabalala should be removed from office.<\/p>\n<p>Parliament found Tshabalala guilty on two charges of misconduct after an inquiry into whether she lied about her academic qualifications<\/p>\n<p>The first charge of misconduct against Tshabalala related to her stating on her CV that she had obtained the two qualifications from UNISA when she applied for the job as SABC chairwoman.<\/p>\n<p>However, the university has no record of her completing either one.<\/p>\n<p>The other charge related to an affidavit she submitted to Parliament stating certificates of her qualifications were stolen during a burglary at her home.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More SABC news<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Jacob Zuma considering SABC chairwoman Ellen Tshabalala\u2019s suspension\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/115813-jacob-zuma-considering-sabc-chairwoman-ellen-tshabalalas-suspension.html\"><strong>Jacob Zuma considering SABC chairwoman Ellen Tshabalala\u2019s suspension<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/115253-where-are-your-graduation-photos-sabc-chair.html\">Where are your graduation photos SABC chair?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/115249-i-will-not-step-down-i-am-not-guilty-of-anything-sabc-chair.html\">I will not step down, I am not guilty of anything: SABC chair<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/115247-ill-show-you-my-qualification-sabc-chair.html\">I\u2019ll show you my qualification: SABC chair<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former SABC chairwoman Ellen Tshabalala explains why she resigned from her position<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":115177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[27905,35,2910,21465,361],"class_list":["post-115993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-ellen-thsabalala","tag-headline","tag-jacob-zuma","tag-mbulaheni-obert-maguvhe","tag-sabc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}