DA requests parliamentary inquiry into Hope Zinde allegations
18 March 2015
The DA has written to the Chairperson of the Communications Portfolio Committee, Joyce Moloi-Moropa, requesting a parliamentary inquiry into allegations against SABC Board Member Hope Zinde.
This follows yesterday's portfolio committee meeting in which it emerged that the SABC Board's process to remove Zinde was fundamentally flawed.
In the committee meeting, Acting SABC Chairperson, Professor Obert Maghuve, confirmed that the Board had removed Zinde. "She's removed. Once we remove... she's removed," he said.
However, according to Section 15 of the Broadcasting Act, only the appointing body can remove an SABC Board Member. "Appointing body" is defined in the Broadcasting Act as "the body charged with the appointment of members of the Board in terms of section 13 of this Act."