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Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Interim Committee report: adoption
27 Jan 2017
The Committee met for the adoption of the draft report on the SABC inquiry.
Firstly, the Committee noted the intimidation and attacks that the “SABC 8” continued to be subjected to. All parties condemned this strongly and agreed that the Minister of Police and SAPS should update the Committee on ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Committee Report: further deliberations
26 Jan 2017
The Committee met to deliberate on the second version of its draft report into the SABC Inquiry. Members were asked to give their final inputs in written form to be assimilated into the report which would be sent to relevant parties for comment. Some changes made related to the introduction ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Committee Report: deliberations continued
24 Jan 2017
The Committee met to deliberate on recommendations in its first draft report on the SABC inquiry.
One of the recommendations dealt with the funding model of the SABC. Members strongly asserted that the public broadcaster remained a public funded entity even if it received only a small amount from the ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Hearings: Rachel Kalidass
15 Dec 2016
The Committee held its last day of hearings for 2016 as part of the inquiry into the SABC Board. Ms Rachel Kalidass appeared before the Committee. Ms Kalidass was part of the Board from 2013 to 2015 as a non-executive member until she was unlawfully removed from the SABC Board. ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Hearings: Right2Know, Media Monitoring Africa, SOS Coalition, Minister of Communications
14 Dec 2016
In the morning session, the Ad Hoc Committee continued to hear evidence from various bodies around the SABC position. Participants were asked to take the oath, were reminded of their duties and the need to speak openly and truthfully, and questions were led by Senior Parliamentary Legal Advisor Adv Vanara, ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Hearings: Khumalo; Shushu; Geldenhuys; Maguvhe
13 Dec 2016
The first witness, Prof Bongani Khumalo, former SABC board member, described a number of corporate governance problems he observed at SABC and these included failure to observe the differentiation between board and executive functions and thus poor management of boundaries between the board and the executive. There were dynamics that ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Hearings: Nkosi; Mabaso; Masinga; Gqubule, Pillay; Mvoko, Calata
12 Dec 2016
The Chairperson informed the Committee that on Saturday 10 December his office had received a letter from Ncube Inc attorneys headed Re: Inquiry by the Ad hoc Committee into the Affairs of the South African Broadcasting Corporation and its Board of Directors. The letter stated that the SABC Board is ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Hearings: Krish Naidoo, Philip Molefe & Itani Tsiesi; Multichoice as potential witness
9 Dec 2016
The Board of Inquiry Committee continued to take evidence from witnesses in the SABC matter. The Committee firstly discussed whether Multichoice should be called as a witness. The Committee concluded, after discussion, that it would be preferable to proceed with the process of interviewing direct witnesses from the SABC and ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Hearings: Lubisi; Mokhobo; Mavuso
8 Dec 2016
The Ad Hoc Committee interviewed two former SABC Board members, Mr Ronny Lubisi and Mr Vusi Mavuso as well as former Group CEO, Ms Lulama Mokhobo. They were called as witnesses to testify in the SABC inquiry and an overview of what was taking place during their tenure at the ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Hearings: Auditor General, ICASA, Public Protector
7 Dec 2016
The Committee has a mandate through National Assembly resolution to conduct an inquiry into the fitness of members of the SABC Board to hold office and then report back to the House on 28 February 2017. The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA), Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), ...