Hlaudi tightens screws on SABC staff
19 January 2015
Evidence is growing of a climate of paranoia, fear and intimidation at the SABC under Acting CEO Hlaudi Motsoeneng.
When the DA revealed in November that former Chairperson Ellen Tshabalala had extended Motsoeneng's power to act as CEO, Motsoeneng summoned staff members to a meeting. The DA is reliably informed that Motsoeneng accused staff members of leaking documents, before threatening that the culprits would be found and immediately dismissed.
Following the meeting, the SABC's forensic unit began an investigation in which staff laptops were seized in an attempt to find evidence of the ‘leak'.
It was around this time that Motsoeneng sent a letter to the DA accusing us of illegally obtaining confidential SABC documents and "condoning the misconduct by some SABC employees who continue to steal information from the SABC."