*CWU IS SADDENED BY THE RE-EMPLOYMENT OF THOSE PREVIOUSLY ASSOCIATED WITH CORRUPTION AT THE SABC *
* * *04/11/2011* The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is saddened to hear that Mr. Sipho Sithole who was under investigation according to the Auditor General’s Report whilst working for the South African Broadcasting Cooperation (SABC) regarding conflict of interest issues and corruption is back at the SABC. Mr. Sithole was employed at the SABC during Advocate Dali Mpofu’s tenure as the SABC Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO). He was Executive Director of Risk Management and Strategy. During that period when Mr. Sithole was at the SABC, the corporation lost close to R1bn and was forced to seek a government guarantee to pay its debtors. Mr. Sithole at the time replaced Mr. Justice Ndaba who has also been fingered for corruption and conflict of interest issues. Mr. Phil Molefe (Acting GCEO) is now appointing someone who left the Authority with a cloud of controversy over his head. The suspicion we are having now is that there is a premeditated appointment looking at those who have expertise and a history of looting public resources instead of running our public broadcaster. CWU calls for an investigation to conducted regarding the appointment of Mr. Sithole as we believe that our country has more than enough people with clean managerial record and successes who are suitable for the job. This appointment is an insult to the nation as it portrays a picture of nation with no skills if that skill does not include a history of corruption allegations that include among others, the manipulation of company systems and the looting its resources. We call on Minister of Communications, Ms Dina Pule and the Portfolio Committee on Communications led by Mr. Eric Kholwane to decisively intervene and restore order at the SABC to prevent the reoccurrences of the recent past, where millions of Rands went for personal interest in one way or another. The SABC is obviously one of the targeted sectors by the tenderpreneurs and hyenas. *Contact: * * * *Matankana Mothapo, National Spokesperson - 0827590900* * * -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
