The DA has instructed its legal team to take the re-appointment of Hlaudi Motsoeneng as “Acting” COO back to court. The party says it was “left with no other option following the deplorable decision taken by the SABC to undermine the Western Cape High Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal”.
The DA’s James Selfe, Chairperson of DA Federal Council and Shadow Minister of Correctional Services, says the decision “is a slap in the face of the rule of law and is a desperate attempt to allow the Hlaudi Motsoeneng ‘wrecking ball’ to continue his disastrous reign at the public broadcaster”.
Reports in the media reveal that Motsoeneng received an R11.4 million bonus, only one chunk of an expected R33 million pay-out over the next 3 years. “This is nothing more than SABC endorsed plunder of its own resources to the benefit of just one man,” says the DA.
“This madness needs to be stopped. Our precious public resources should be spent on building a reputable, fair and well-run public broadcaster, and not on the propping up of its single greatest impediment.”
