PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO: 1430
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 25 September 2009
QUESTION PAPER NO: 18
DATE OF REPLY: 7 October 2009
Ms L D Mazibuko (DA) asked the Minister of Communications:
Whether the (a) non-executive and (b) executive members of the previous
SABC Board, which was appointed by former President Mbeki in December 2007
and took up office in January 2009, were subjected to (i) individual and/or
(ii) group performance evaluations; if not, why not; if so,
(aa) who conducted these evaluations, (bb) when did each evaluation take
place, (cc) which of the Board members were evaluated and (dd) what was the
outcome of each of these evaluations?
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REPLY:
a) (i) and (ii)
The SABC informed me that there is no record or evidence that the Non
Executive members of the previous SABC Board, which was appointed by
former President Mbeki in December 2007 and took up office in January
2009, were subjected to individual and/or group performance
evaluations.
b) (i) and (ii)
The Executive Directors of the previous SABC Board were subjected to
individual performance evaluations. These members are and Mr. Gabriel
Mampone (Acting Group Chief Executive Officer).
aa) The evaluation of the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr Gab
Mampone, was conducted by the former Chairperson of the Board, Ms
Kanyisiwe Mkonza.
Mr Mampone conducted the evaluations of Mr. Robin Nicholson (Chief
Financial Officer) and Ms Charlotte Mampane (Acting Chief
Operating Officer).
ab) All the evaluations were done at the end of the 2007/2009
financial year.
ac) The outcome of each evaluation is recorded in the performance
evaluation documents. Such documents are personnel documents and
therefore confidential. The outcomes of the evaluations can only
be made available with the consent of the individuals concerned.