Saturday Star
*Minister upholds the SABC board's moves to keep Molefe out* *Xolani Mbanjwa and Gaye Davis, Saturday Star, Johannesburg, 26 June 2010*The SABC board has won its battle over the controversial appointment of Phil Molefe as head of news.
An interview panel will continue its assessment of candidates for the position and make recommendations to the board, in terms of an agreement brokered by Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda.
Nyanda stepped in after furious board members overturned Molefe's appointment soon after it was announced by SABC group CEO Phil Mokoetle - after a unilateral decision by board chairman Ben Ngubane.
Ngubane yesterday refused to discuss the meeting with Nyanda, but said: "We agreed with the shareholder (the government, represented by Nyanda) that we will keep proper practices in the board. We won't discuss board matters with the press."
Board members had argued that any decision on the appointment rested with them and that last month's announcement pre-empted a process of screening candidates, which was still under way. This process will now pick up from where it was interrupted.
The stand-off between board members and Ngubane raised fears that the SABC would once again be plunged into the battles that saw the old board ousted and an interim board appointed to crisis-manage the cash-strapped public broadcaster.
Molefe had been acting in the influential position of head of news ever since the departure of Snuki Zikalala.
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