SABC: DA to seek legal advice on Motsoeneng appointment

27 September 2016

The announcement that the SABC’s Executive Committee (CEO, CFO & COO) appointed Hlaudi Motsoeneng to the position of Group Executive of Corporate Affairs smacks of irregularity. The speed and apparent secrecy with which the “process” was carried out raises questions about the credibility of the appointment hot off the heels of the Supreme Court of Appeal's (SCA) dismissal of leave to appeal.

It is also particularly concerning because the CEO and acting COO are one and the same person- James Aguma. During the press conference it was also suggested that the board may not have been consulted on the appointment.

Although it is not entirely clear; it would appear that Bessie Tungwana was quickly smuggled out of her position as the Group Executive of Corporate Affairs and relocated to the Office of the CEO which would likely be a highly irregular circumnavigation of due appointment procedures.

This appointment raises questions specifically around:

- Who had the position of Group Executive: Corporate Affairs before?

- Was the position even vacant?

- Was the position advertised?

- Were proper appointment procedures duly observed?

As such the DA will be consulting with its lawyers and will brief the media on further steps to be taken in due course.

Issued by James Selfe, Chairperson of the DA’s Federal Executive, 27 September 2016