SABC board realised Hlaudi was 'a dangerous man' but their hands were tied, inquiry hears
26 February 2020
The commission of inquiry into state capture has heard that there were two camps with differing views on the infamous SABC and MultiChoice agreement, which scored the public broadcaster R500m.
"Chair, this was a very sad time at the SABC where there was literally a chasm between the group executives, those led by [Hlaudi] Motsoeneng and myself, not being the most liked person by the chairperson," former SABC head Lulama Mokhobo told the commission on Wednesday.
At the time of the agreement, Motsoeneng was the Chief Operations Officer (COO) at SABC.
Former communications minister Yunus Carrim told the inquiry on Tuesday that in terms of the agreement, MultiChoice would pay the SABC R553m over a period of five years for the SABC's 24-hour news channel and that MultiChoice would have exclusive access to the SABC's archives, Fin24 reported.