FF Plus asks Motsoeneng to be held personally liable for unnecessary losses at SABC
21 July 2016
The FF Plus today submitted two complaints with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), in which the party asks that the acting operational chief of the SABC, Hlaudi Motsoeneng, is held personally liable for any unnecessary losses at the public broadcaster.
In terms of Section 77(2)(a) of the Companies Act, a ‘director’ of a company may be held responsible for losses resulting from improper action. The Commission is therefore also asked to determine whether Motsoeneng, in terms of his position held at the SABC, can be regarded as a director.
Adv. Anton Alberts, the FF Plus’ parliamentary spokesperson on communication, says the first complaint pertains to the expected losses of R500 million that the SABC will be announcing shortly and the role of the decision to use 90% local content in music.
The second complaint deals with the firing of eight senior SABC journalists at the SABC and the expected costs that will arise from this.