NATIONAL NEWS - Communications Minister Faith Muthambi interfered with the SABC board and in the appointment of Hlaudi Motsoeneng as chief operating officer not long after her appointment as minister‚ the inquiry into the public broadcaster heard yesterday.
Muthambi surprised some board members by turning up unannounced at board meetings in the middle of the night.
Late-night meetings and secret meetings were the order of the day‚ according to former board members and a former chief executive who gave evidence at the inquiry.
Muthambi is said to have arrived at the SABC’s Auckland Park offices at 11pm one night while board members were discussing Motsoeneng’s appointment as COO, after the release of the public protector’s report on the SABC.
There were also instances where former board chairwoman Ellen Tshabalala would chide former chief executive Lulama Makhobo in full view of junior staff.
