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The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has convened a special committee to investigate allegations of editorial interference against its Group CEO and board chairperson. SABC News editor-in-chief Phathiswa Magopeni levelled the allegations against SABC board chairperson Bongumusa Makhathini and Group CEO Madoda Mxakwe last year.
A scandal is unfolding in the SABC, apparently aimed at reversing significant steps to have the corporation fulfil its mandate as a public broadcaster - and not simply a mouthpiece for the ANC. The public needs to monitor that those in whom we have put trust ensure that the public broadcaster does not betray its responsibilities and return to any variant of capture. A public broadcaster does not operate for private interests or profit nor as a sectarian propagator of the views of any interest group or political party. For many years under apartheid and more recently in the period of State Capt...
The ongoing battle between the SABC hierarchy and its news editor in chief, Phathiswa Magopeni, has caused a storm in the public broadcaster, and there are indications of deep-seated political interference.
Penny Stires, current principal of Lincoln Middle School, will serve as the interim principal at Fort Collins through the end of the school year.
SABC head of news Phathiswa Magopeni has been found guilty of misconduct after a disciplinary hearing for failing to prevent the broadcast, airing and publication of an interdicted Special Assignment. episode.