Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has confirmed that she is following up on a report she compiled two years ago on governance failures at the public broadcaster.<\/p>\n
This following a number of high-profile changes implemented at the broadcaster recently, including banning the airing of protests on television.<\/p>\n
A number of journalists at the SABC have since been either charged or suspended for voicing their objections to the decision.<\/p>\n
Public Protector spokesperson Kgalalelo Masibi told News24 on Monday that Madonsela wanted to establish whether governance issues at the SABC have improved or worsened since she released a report on the broadcaster in February 2014.<\/p>\n
The report was entitled When Governance and Ethics Fail .<\/p>\n
In it she listed a number of issues affecting the public broadcaster at the time, including allegations of maladministration, systemic governance and corporate deficiencies, abuses of power and the irregular appointment of COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng.<\/p>\n
Masibi said Madonsela now wants to establish if her remedial action recommended to the SABC board had been implemented or not. This included setting up disciplinary action against Motsoeneng.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, eight SABC journalists are meeting with their legal counsel on Monday to decide whether or not to approach the labour court over their charges.<\/p>\n
Solidarity legal representative Anton Van Der Bijl told News24 that he cannot confirm or deny the decision just yet, but there is a “high probability” that the journalists could decide to approach the court.<\/p>\n
The journalists, dubbed the #SABC8 on social media, received the Nat Nakasa award at the weekend for “fearless and brave journalism”.<\/p>\n
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