'Someone has to take the rap,' says chair of SABC news boss's disciplinary hearing
Nazeer Cassim SC says the question is simple: did Phathiswa Magopeni take sufficient measures to ensure such an issue would not arise?
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Nazeer Cassim SC says the question is simple: did Phathiswa Magopeni take sufficient measures to ensure such an issue would not arise?
The SABC was willing to comply with a court order that it should not air an interdicted programme, a disciplinary hearing has heard.
Nazeer Cassim SC says the question is simple: did Phathiswa Magopeni take sufficient measures to ensure such an issue would not arise?
SABC Editor-in-Chief Phathiswa Magopeni is accused of failing to discharge her duties by preventing the interdicted episode from airing.
SABC Editor-in-Chief Phathiswa Magopeni is accused of failing to discharge her duties as group executive of news, failing to stop the interdicted programme from airing and bringing the name of the SABC into disrepute.